Senior SDE III — Cloudscape Architect & Mentor (Flexible Hours)

Socket.dev; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 168,000 - 227,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon's Cloudscape team in Seattle seeks a Software Development Engineer III to guide design, development, and delivery of scalable systems. You will own architectural direction, mentor engineers, and drive technical decisions that improve performance, security, and reliability.

You'll collaborate across teams, review designs, and influence roadmaps while applying AI tools to optimize workflows. This role emphasizes leadership, hands-on coding, and shaping the Next generation of AWS UX

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience
• 5+ years of programming with at least one language
• 5+ years of leading design/architecture of systems
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of multi-feature software systems across full development lifecycle.
• Own architectural direction, balancing scalability, maintainability, performance and security.
• Collaborate with engineers across teams to ensure cohesive system integration.
• Mentor engineers, review code, and raise engineering standards.

Skills

5+ years professional software

5+ years programming

5+ years leading architecture

Mentor/tech lead

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or equivalent

Job description

Amazon's Cloudscape team in Seattle seeks a Software Development Engineer III to guide design, development, and delivery of scalable systems. You will own architectural direction, mentor engineers, and drive technical decisions that improve performance, security, and reliability.

You'll collaborate across teams, review designs, and influence roadmaps while applying AI tools to optimize workflows. This role emphasizes leadership, hands-on coding, and shaping the Next generation of AWS UX