Senior Software Engineer – AI/GenAI Platform

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 193,000 - 262,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs

401(k) matching

Sign-on bonus

Job summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a technical lead for a front-end and back-end role focused on AI-native, agentic engineering. You will shape architecture, review code, and hands‑on implement across the full stack, including Bedrock integrations and data-lake governance.

You will mentor engineers, drive technical decisions, and help set the tempo for scalable, secure software that serves thousands of users and partner tools within AWS.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 5+ years of programming with at least one 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 end‑to‑end design, implementation, and delivery of software systems spanning multiple features, working across the full software lifecycle from customer requirements through deployment and ongoing maintenance.
• Own your team's architectural direction by defining technical strategy, evaluating tradeoffs in scalability, maintainability, performance, and security, and ensuring the software fits cohesively into the broader system landscape.
• Collaborate with engineers on related teams to resolve cross‑team dependencies, create alignment on technical approaches, and drive adoption of engineering best practices that improve code quality and development velocity.
• Mentor and coach multiple engineers by providing guidance on system design, coding practices, and career development, while actively contributing exemplary code that demonstrates best practices in organization, clarity, and error handling.
• Identify opportunities to simplify existing systems, reduce technical debt, and leverage generative artificial intelligence tools where appropriate to augment productivity, while evaluating and refining outputs to ensure quality and responsible use.

Skills

Software dev

Programming

Tech lead

Architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or equivalent

Job description

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a technical lead for a front-end and back-end role focused on AI-native, agentic engineering. You will shape architecture, review code, and hands‑on implement across the full stack, including Bedrock integrations and data-lake governance.

You will mentor engineers, drive technical decisions, and help set the tempo for scalable, secure software that serves thousands of users and partner tools within AWS.