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Sr Software Development Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering

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Hybrid (New York, NY), Hybrid (Arlington, VA), Hybrid (Seattle, WA)$184.9k - $250.2kfull-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

Senior Software Development Engineer (SDE 3) to join the AWS Forward Deployed Engineering team. Lead design and delivery of cloud-native production-ready software and infrastructure that customer offerings integrate into; own team-level architecture, drive technical strategy, and build scalable solutions across the AWS platform.

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 simple solutions; clearly explain problems to others in 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 team has strong operational practices: alarms, telemetry, runbooks, and retrospective/COE processes
  • - Obtain/maintain AWS Certifications
  • - Occasional travel to customer sites (~20%)

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

Skills

Required:Software design and architectureMentorship and team leadershipCloud-native development
Nice to have:DevOps practices / CI-CD

Benefits

  • - Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription) and life insurance
  • - 401(k) matching
  • - Paid time off and parental leave
  • - Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement coverage
  • - Mental health support and employee assistance programs
  • - Flexible spending accounts
  • - Employee stock units (RSUs) and sign-on payments
  • - Comprehensive benefits information available on benefits page
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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