Sr. Software Development Engineer, Amazon Quick (AWS)

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 168,000 - 227,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

RSUs (Restricted Stock Units)

Sign-on payments

Job summary

Amazon seeks a Senior Software Development Engineer for the QuickSight team in Seattle. You will own end-to-end architecture of the data layer, shape cross-team technical strategy, and deliver high‑impact distributed systems that customers rely on daily.

You will mentor engineers, influence without authority, and raise the bar on engineering practices while partnering with product and security teams to ensure robust, scalable solutions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• Experience as a tech lead, mentor, or engineering manager is a plus.
• Experience delivering large-scale distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Define the long-term architecture of the data layer and drive strategy across teams.
• Raise engineering quality and deliver high‑impact systems for customer trust.
• Lead architectural decisions and mentor engineers across the organization.

Skills

5+ years experience

Mentorship/leadership

Distributed systems

Cross-team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or equivalent

Job description

Sr. Software Development Engineer, Amazon Quick

Job ID: 10487732 | Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.

Amazon Quick Sight delivers AI-powered business intelligence that transforms scattered enterprise data into strategic insights, enabling faster decisions and better business outcomes. Quick Sight provides unified intelligence across all enterprise data sources and bridges the critical last-mile gap between insights and action. With built-in agents for research and automation, users explore data conversationally, take actions directly from dashboards, and leverage 40+ application integrations, all while maintaining enterprise-grade security and governance.

Within Quick Sight, the Structured Data Analytics team owns the foundational data layer that powers every analytical experience. We operate across three interconnected capability areas: data preparation (discover, cleanse, transform, and model data), data management (lifecycle oversight, versioning, permissions, and fine‑grained access control), and analytical query (translating BI logic into optimized SQL across multiple database dialects). The breadth of this surface area creates significant technical complexity and demands senior engineers who can own the architecture end‑to‑end.

We are looking for a Senior Software Development Engineer to serve as a technical leader on this team. You will define the long‑term architecture of our data layer, drive cross‑team technical strategy, raise the engineering bar across the organization, and deliver high‑impact systems where correctness directly determines customer trust. This role requires deep technical judgment, the ability to influence without authority across organizational boundaries, and a track record of delivering large‑scale distributed systems.

Basic Qualifications

• 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

Preferred Qualifications

• 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

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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 - 168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually

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