Senior Software Development Engineer, AWS QuickSight SPICE

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 151,000 - 262,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer for AWS QuickSight SPICE. You will focus on building our analytical engine with a direct impact on technical direction and product roadmap. Ideal candidates have 5+ years in software development, a strong background in system design, and experience mentoring teams. Join us to shape the future of data interaction and AI-driven technologies.

Benefits

Comprehensive medical benefits

Equity and sign-on bonuses

Flexible working hours

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• Experience leading design or architecture of systems.
• Experience as a mentor or tech lead.

Responsibilities

• Build components across query engine, semantic layer, and distributed systems.
• Design and tune algorithm and system performance.
• Lead small teams to deliver significant features.

Skills

Collaboration

Low-latency system design

Performance optimization

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Job description

Senior Software Development Engineer, AWS QuickSight SPICE

Are you passionate about building low-latency, data-intensive systems? Do you enjoy building tools that help users manage, visualize, and interact with data? Join AWS QuickSight and be part of this unique opportunity in the new GenAI era.

Amazon QuickSight enables customers to find data insights through dashboards, reporting, and Q (our GenAI capabilities). Our mission is to increase business user productivity by bringing data, system, business intelligence, and GenAI capabilities together, with high performance, high scalability, and low cost.

This role focuses on building QuickSight SPICE, our analytical engine that answers customer queries with speed and scale. You will build components across query engine, semantic layer, and distributed systems. You will have direct impact on our technical direction and product roadmap by working closely with customers and teams. You will partner with talented people and have plenty of opportunities to learn, grow, and lead.

Agentic AI drives innovation at the forefront of artificial intelligence, enabling customers to transform their businesses through cutting-edge AI solutions. We build and deliver the foundational AI services that power the future of cloud computing, helping organizations harness the potential of AI to solve their most complex challenges. Join our dynamic team of AI/ML practitioners, applied scientists, software engineers, and solution architects who work backwards from customer needs to create groundbreaking technologies. If you're passionate about shaping the future of AI while making a meaningful impact for customers worldwide, we want to hear from you.

Key job responsibilities
- Experienced with building low-latency and intensive data systems, such as database query engines, from scratch.
- Experienced with designing and tuning algorithm and system performance optimization that matters.
- Be responsible for overall system architecture, scalability, reliability, and performance.
- Demonstrated strong cross-team and cross-org collaboration skills to drive results.
- Experienced with leading a small team to deliver a significant feature. Be able to mentor other engineers, define the technical culture, and help grow the team.

- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
- 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team

- 5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $151,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $261,500/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits . This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.