Software Dev Engineer II - Identity & Access (STS)

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 144,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in Seattle, WA, is seeking a Software Development Engineer II to build, deliver, and maintain large-scale identity solutions for IAM.

You will own features end-to-end, collaborate across AWS teams, and help raise the engineering bar with mentorship and design discussions. The role emphasizes designing fault-tolerant, highly available systems, participating in design reviews, and driving improvements in security and availability in a fast-paced cloud

Qualifications

• 4+ years of non‑internship professional software development experience.
• 3+ years of non‑internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience.
• 4+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience.
• 4+ 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.
• Experience debugging, profiling, and implementing best software engineering practices in large-scale systems.
• Experience leading engineering teams as a mentor or tech lead.

Responsibilities

• Own features end‑to‑end — design, implement, test, deploy, and maintain innovative software solutions to transform service performance, durability, cost, and security.
• Build high‑quality, highly available, always‑on products.
• Research and implement solutions that deliver the best possible experiences for customers.
• Collaborate with engineers and stakeholders across AWS to deliver secure, scalable identity solutions.
• Contribute to raising the engineering bar through code reviews, technical mentorship, and design discussions.

Skills

Software development

Architecture design

Programming languages

SDLC & best practices

Leadership & mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science

Tools

Source control management

Build processes

Testing

Job description

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in Seattle, WA, is seeking a Software Development Engineer II to build, deliver, and maintain large-scale identity solutions for IAM.

You will own features end-to-end, collaborate across AWS teams, and help raise the engineering bar with mentorship and design discussions. The role emphasizes designing fault-tolerant, highly available systems, participating in design reviews, and driving improvements in security and availability in a fast-paced cloud