Sr. Software Development Engineer, Kiro Control Plane (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

Job summary

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer for the Kiro Control Plane in Seattle. You will design, implement, and maintain large-scale distributed systems and autonomous agent infrastructure, ensuring reliability, security, and scalability.

You will collaborate across teams, own technical direction, and mentor teammates from day one. The role emphasizes autonomy, cutting-edge AI/software engineering challenges, and immediate impact on how developers

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience
• Experience with large-scale distributed systems design and implementation
• Experience mentoring or leading engineering teams

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain large-scale distributed systems with emphasis on reliability and performance
• Develop infrastructure and tooling to support autonomous agent workloads
• Collaborate with teams for code reviews, mentorship, and technical direction

Skills

Compute Systems

Networking Fundamentals

Systems Architecture

Infrastructure as Code

Observability Engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or equivalent

Job description

Sr. Software Development Engineer, Kiro Control Plane

Job ID: 10503794 | Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.

The future of software development is autonomous. AWS is building Kiro Autonomous Agent —a frontier agent that independently tackles development tasks, maintains context across interactions, and continuously learns from its work. This isn't just another AI tool; it's a fundamental shift in how software gets built and maintained.

We're looking for engineers who want to shape this transformation. You'll work alongside exceptional talent solving novel problems at the intersection of AI and software engineering. The challenges are unique: building systems that operate autonomously, retain context across complex workflows, and improve through experience—all while meeting AWS's exacting standards for scale, reliability, and security.

Your impact will be immediate and visible. You'll ship features that directly improve how developers work. Daily collaboration includes code reviews, mentorship in both directions, and rapid skill development. From day one, you'll have opportunities to lead—whether that's owning projects, defining technical direction, or shaping how the team operates.

This is your chance to build the agent that builds the future.

Key job responsibilities

We seek a highly qualified Software Developer with demonstrated expertise in compute and networking technologies to contribute to the design, implementation, and maintenance of large-scale distributed systems. The successful candidate will apply rigorous engineering principles to develop infrastructure that is reliable, performant, and resilient under production conditions. We need an environment where agent and tools will run hence required competencies are following.

Required Competencies

• Compute Systems: Practical experience with cloud-based compute services (e.g., AWS EC2, ECS, Lambda, or equivalent platforms), container orchestration frameworks (Docker, Kubernetes), and the architectural principles underlying distributed computing paradigms
• Networking Fundamentals: Comprehensive understanding of core networking protocols and constructs, including TCP/IP, DNS resolution, load balancing strategies, virtual private cloud (VPC) configuration, subnet management, firewall policies, and service mesh architectures
• Systems Architecture: Demonstrated capacity to design and implement fault-tolerant, high-availability systems that satisfy stringent performance and scalability requirements
• Infrastructure as Code: Proficiency with declarative infrastructure provisioning tools such as Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or the AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK)
• Observability Engineering: Experience with monitoring, structured logging, and distributed tracing methodologies to ensure operational integrity and system health

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
• - Experience building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers

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.

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
• - Experience building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers

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 - 168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually

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