Sr Software Development Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering

Sr Software Development Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering

Job ID: 10460379 | Amazon Web Services, Inc.

We are looking for a customer-obsessed Senior Software Development Engineer (SDE 3) to join our Engineering Services team. In this role you will lead the design and delivery of cloud-native production-ready software and infrastructure that our customers integrate into their own offerings. You'll own team-level architecture, drive technical strategy, and build the repeatable, scalable solutions that transform how ProServe delivers value — while conveying Amazon development practices to our customers.

The ideal candidate is a technical leader who loves to learn and invent. As members of AWS, we are not stewards of a single AWS service but of the entire AWS platform — keeping abreast of the ever-widening stream of platform improvements and new services. The candidate should have strong system design and architecture skills, deep experience making software design and implementation trade-offs, and the ability to lead projects that span multiple engineers. Experience with modern cloud-native applications, distributed systems at scale, and DevOps practices are highly applicable.

Key job responsibilities

• Own team-level architecture, providing system-wide design guidance and ensuring solutions are well-designed, extensible, performant, and secure
• Lead projects requiring the work of multiple engineers; drive technical strategy and make one-way-door technical decisions with sound judgment
• Design and deliver working software systems spanning the full lifecycle: design, implementation, testing, deployment, and maintenance
• Set and drive adoption of engineering best practices on the team — code organization, clarity, simplicity, error handling, documentation, and operations
• Solve complex problems with multiple risks and roadblocks using solutions that are as simple as possible; clearly explain problems to others in simple, concise terms
• Balance speed of delivery with long-term architectural requirements; proactively simplify code and resolve architecture deficiencies
• Build consensus across the team and related teams when confronted with differing technical viewpoints
• Actively coach and mentor multiple engineers; grow the team through recruiting, assessing, and providing career guidance
• Communicate technical designs and decisions effectively in writing for both technical and non-technical audiences
• Ensure your team has strong operational practices: alarms, telemetry, runbooks, and retrospective/COE processes
• Obtain/maintain AWS Certifications
• Occasional travel to customer sites (~20%)

About the team

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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
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
• Hands on experience with generative AI technology

Preferred Qualifications

• 7+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
• Experience leading the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems, or experience leading and influencing your team or organization
• Experience leading the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems, or experience building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers
• AWS certification
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices
• Experience leading technical projects that require coordination across multiple engineers

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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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 .

USA, NY, New York - 184,900.00 - 250,200.00 USD annually
USA, VA, Arlington - 168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Seattle - 168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually