Software Development Engineer II, Programming Foundations (ASBX)

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Seattle (WA)

On-site

USD 144,000 - 194,000

Full time

31 hours ago
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401(k) matching
Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in Seattle is hiring for a software engineer to help ship high quality code across AWS. You will join the team that owns core testing platforms and shape AI-native software development at scale.

As a hands-on engineer, you will build and operate distributed testing systems, influence architecture and roadmaps, and collaborate with customers and managers to deliver reliable, scalable solutions in a fast-growing environment.

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
  • 2+ years of design or architecture (patterns, reliability, scaling) for large systems.
  • 1+ year of software development engineer experience.
  • 1+ year of designing multi-tiered, distributed software applications and services.
  • 1+ year of Object Oriented Design experience.

Responsibilities

  • Deliver high-quality technical solutions quickly and reliably.
  • Build and operate distributed systems at global scale for test orchestration.
  • Demonstrate good taste in developer experience and tooling design across the SDLC.
  • Influence technical architecture and product roadmaps with leads.
  • Meet with customers to learn goals and help achieve them.
  • Set a high bar of technical and operational excellence for the team.

Skills

C#
C++
Java
Perl
OO design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Job description

Description

Are you a software engineer who thinks deeply about what it means to ship high quality code with confidence: not just your own code, but code written by AI, across the whole company? Amazon Software Builder Experience (ASBX) is hiring for a unique role: you'll be joining the team that owns Amazon's core testing platforms, and have a voice in setting the direction for AI-native software development at scale. You'll have a direct impact: helping create the future of human-guided, self-validating agentic coding for tens of thousands of world-class software engineers at Amazon. You will partner with your manager and teammates as a hands-on engineer in a dedicated team.

Key job responsibilities
Role
  • Quickly and reliably delivering high-quality technical solutions that delight our customers;
  • Building and operating distributed systems at global scale - serverless test orchestration, on-demand execution across every AWS region, and load testing platforms processing millions of transactions per day;
  • Demonstrating good taste in developer experience and tooling design through the SDLC;
  • Partnering with your manager and engineering leads to influence technical architecture and product roadmaps;
  • Meeting with customers to learn and help them achieve their goals;
  • Setting a high bar of technical and operational excellence, and empowering your colleagues to continuously meet and raise the bar.
A day in the life

Your customers are the tens of thousands of software engineers across Amazon, who are building AWS, Amazon.com, Alexa, and more. You'll be a hands-on engineer, building and operating systems at extraordinary scale: test platforms that are in the critical path of every deployment at Amazon, and AI capabilities already in daily use by tens of thousands of builders. You will partner with your manager and teammates to sustainably deliver high-quality customer outcomes.

About The Team

In Programming Foundations, the Testing org builds and operates Amazon's foundational testing infrastructure for the AI Development Lifecycle. Our platforms execute millions of tests per day across every AWS region: on-demand test execution, serverless orchestration, and global-scale load testing. Our AI systems make those platforms smarter: generating tests, diagnosing failures, and measuring whether a change carries enough evidence to ship. Our north star is a future where every team at Amazon has an AI-powered testing partner that helps builders ship high-quality software fast. We're early enough that you'll shape what this becomes, and operating at enough scale that your work has impact from day one.

Basic Qualifications
  • 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
  • 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
  • 1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience
  • 1+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using: C#, C++, Java, or Perl experience
  • 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience
  • Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
  • Experience programming with at least one software programming language
Preferred Qualifications
  • 3+ 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.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, WA, Seattle - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually

Company

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.

Job ID: A10467933

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