Software Engineer II, Drone Delivery Systems

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

Job summary

Amazon in Seattle is looking for a Software Development Engineer II to join the Prime Air team. You will work on drone-delivery workflows, design scalable distributed systems, and collaborate with PMs and partner teams to deliver customer-focused outcomes.

The role requires deep technical and analytical skills, a strong background in software development, and experience with AWS or similar cloud technologies.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
• 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience.
• Master's degree in computer science or equivalent.
• Experience communicating with customers, technical, regulatory, business teams, and management to collect requirements, describe product features, and technical designs.
• Experience with programming, design, architecture with AWS or other cloud technologies.

Responsibilities

• Develop deep expertise in the drone-delivery workflow and continuously drive workflow and drone-flight scheduling optimizations to improve delivery speed and overall throughput.
• Design and build scalable, highly available distributed systems that meet strict performance, reliability, extensibility, and maintainability standards.
• Drive improvements in code quality, design patterns, and engineering best practices, mentoring junior engineers and raising the technical bar for the team.
• Collaborate with PMs, internal customers, and partner teams to define technical requirements, clarify trade-offs, and deliver customer-focused outcomes.
• Troubleshoot complex production issues, perform deep root-cause analysis, and implement long-term fixes to improve system stability and operational health.

Skills

Software development

Cloud technologies

Customer communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

AWS

Job description

Amazon in Seattle is looking for a Software Development Engineer II to join the Prime Air team. You will work on drone-delivery workflows, design scalable distributed systems, and collaborate with PMs and partner teams to deliver customer-focused outcomes.

The role requires deep technical and analytical skills, a strong background in software development, and experience with AWS or similar cloud technologies.