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Software Development Engineer, AWS

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Cupertino, New York City, Astoria, Brooklyn, Carle Place, New York, Seattle, Arlington$165.2k - $223.6kfull-timePosted yesterday

About the role

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is hiring for Software Development Engineer (SDE) roles across AWS in 2026, with opportunities spanning embedded systems, game development, AI/ML, infrastructure services, cloud computing, distributed systems, security, and more. The role focuses on designing, developing, and delivering high-quality software, collaborating across teams, mentoring others, and staying current with tech trends.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable code
  • Implement complex software solutions that meet business requirements
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features
  • Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks and bugs
  • Participate in architecture and design reviews to provide technical guidance
  • Contribute to continuous improvement by identifying opportunities for process enhancement
  • Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends
  • Mentor junior engineers and contribute to building a strong engineering culture
  • Start your morning with a team stand-up to align on priorities and blockers
  • Collaborate with product managers to refine requirements for upcoming features
  • Write code and develop solutions for complex technical challenges
  • Review pull requests and provide constructive feedback
  • Participate in design discussions for new services or features
  • Debug and troubleshoot production issues
  • Attend learning sessions to stay current with AWS technologies
  • Document work and contribute to technical specifications
  • Engage with customers or internal stakeholders to understand needs

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
  • 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
  • 2+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using: C#, C++, Java, or Perl
  • Experience programming with at least one software programming language

Skills

Required:Software design and architectureProgramming languages
Nice to have:Full software development life cycle

Benefits

  • 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
  • parental leave
  • sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs)
  • comprehensive benefits information available on company site
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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