Sr. Software Development Engineer, Workshop Studio, Catalog & Events

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Austin (TX); 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 Web Services, Inc. seeks a senior software engineer for the Workshop Studio Catalog & Events team in Austin, TX. You will mentor engineers, lead design and architecture, and ship scalable backend services on AWS CDK, Go, and Python.

Join a team that owns Content Catalog and Events services, collaborating with product, UX and BI engineers to improve delivery, quality and business impact across hundreds of AWS services.

Qualifications

• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team.
• 6+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience.
• 4+ years of leading design or architecture of new and existing systems.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and design of new systems and scalable services.
• Mentor engineers and drive design reviews and code quality.
• Develop backend services on AWS CDK, Go and Python.
• Collaborate with product, UX and BI teams to improve delivery and impact.

Skills

Mentorship

Technical leadership

Software development

System design

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Tools

Go

Python

AWS CDK

Lambdas

Step Functions

DynamoDB

Job description

Description

Workshop Studio (WS) is an AWS platform that powers hands‑on technical learning and product experiences for hundreds of thousands of current and potential AWS customers. WS is transitioning to an AI‑native architecture with agentic systems that will discover content, guide participants in real time, automate quality review, and generate post-event intelligence. The platform provisions isolated AWS accounts, deploys infrastructure, manages participant access, security controls and handles automated cleanup end to end for 300+ AWS services. WS directly influences sales opportunities by boosting deal win rates. In 2027+, we are transforming Workshop Studio from a catalog and provisioning engine into an intelligent, self‑improving learning and product experience platform. The Catalog & Events team is building the AI and platform infrastructure to make that happen.

The Catalog & Events team owns the two services at the center of this platform: the Content Catalog Service (workshop authoring, quality validation, review workflows and publishing) and the Events Service (event creation, scheduled provisioning, infrastructure deployment, and participant lifecycle management). Every workshop, hackathon, AWS GameDay and self‑service demo flows through the systems this team builds and operates.

About The Team

Catalog & Events is one of three engineering teams within Workshop Studio, alongside the Accounts team (managed AWS account fleet and cleanup) and the Holmes team (content scanning and quality enforcement across AWS). We own React web apps, CDK infrastructure, Go and Python Lambdas, Step Functions workflows, DynamoDB data stores, git repositories for content, and an analytics layer tracking event delivery, content usage, and business impact. The team includes an engineering manager, product manager, several backend engineers and a front‑end engineer, with shared access to a UX designer, technical program manager, business intelligence engineer and senior engineers including a principal engineer.

Basic Qualifications

• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team
• 6+ years of non‑internship professional software development experience
• 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
• 4+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
• Knowledge of machine learning model architecture and inference
• 5+ years of highly scalable systems experience

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, NJ, Jersey City - 184,900.00 - 250,200.00 USD annually

USA, TX, Austin - 168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually

Company

Amazon Web Services, Inc.

Job ID: A3198486