Senior Software Architect – Scale, Leadership & Impact
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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Job summary
Amazon Web Services, Inc. seeks a Software Development Engineer III to lead design and delivery of large-scale systems across multiple teams. You will own architectural direction, balance constraints, and mentor engineers to raise code quality and system resilience.
You will guide best practices, drive scalable solutions, and leverage modern design patterns, including AI tools, to improve productivity and outcomes for customers.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- 5+ years of programming with at least one software language.
- 5+ years of leading design or architecture of new and existing systems.
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design, implementation, and delivery of multi-feature software systems across the full development lifecycle.
- Own your team's architectural direction, evaluating tradeoffs for scalability, maintainability, performance, and security.
- Drive engineering best practices, write exemplary code, and conduct design reviews.
- Mentor and coach engineers to strengthen team capabilities over time.
- Identify opportunities to simplify systems, reduce debt, and apply modern design patterns including AI tools.
Skills
Education
Job description
Amazon Web Services, Inc. seeks a Software Development Engineer III to lead design and delivery of large-scale systems across multiple teams. You will own architectural direction, balance constraints, and mentor engineers to raise code quality and system resilience.
You will guide best practices, drive scalable solutions, and leverage modern design patterns, including AI tools, to improve productivity and outcomes for customers.
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