SDE II, AWS Invoicing

Amazon is hiring an SDE II, AWS Invoicing in Seattle, United States. It pays $144k-$194k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Amazon.

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Build and operate scalable backend services and APIs for global AWS invoicing, compliance, and document generation systems.

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Are you passionate about building systems that power global commerce? AWS is looking for a Software Development Engineer to join a team at the heart of the AWS Invoicing organization—responsible for generating, delivering, and ensuring the compliance of invoices that AWS sends to customers around the world. Our systems process a significant share of AWS revenue, serve customers across dozens of countries, and are continually expanding with automation and new product capabilities.

As an SDE on this team, you'll design and build services that generate invoice documents, deliver them through email and APIs, and integrate with government tax and e-invoicing systems across the globe. You'll tackle problems spanning distributed systems, large-scale document rendering, and regulatory compliance—all operating at high scale and reliability.

You'll own features end to end: designing, implementing, testing, and operating the services you build. You'll collaborate with engineers, product managers, and compliance partners to turn complex regulatory requirements into reliable, maintainable systems. The problems are real, the impact is tangible, and you'll regularly ship work that matters to customers paying their AWS bills worldwide.

Key job responsibilities
Write and ship production code — Develop, test, and deploy high-quality code for backend services that generate and deliver invoice documents (PDFs, emails, structured data) to AWS customers worldwide.

Own software components — Take ownership of well-defined components within the invoicing platform, such as a rendering module, a delivery workflow, or an integration adapter with a government tax portal. You'll be responsible for the quality, correctness, and operational health of your components.

Test thoroughly — Write unit tests, integration tests, and regression tests for your code. Validate invoice templates against thousands of test cases to ensure zero cosmetic defects or compliance issues in legal financial documents.

Debug and troubleshoot — Use logs, metrics, alarms, and debugging tools to identify and resolve software defects. Support team during on-call rotations by investigating service issues, responding to alerts, and driving incident resolution with guidance from senior engineers.

Deploy and operate software — Follow best practices for safe deployments across multiple environments. Monitor the health of services you contribute to and respond to operational issues to maintain high availability.

Participate in code reviews — Review teammates' code to find basic errors, improve readability, and learn team conventions. Incorporate feedback from code reviews on your own contributions to continuously improve code quality.

Learn and grow with guidance — Work on well-defined projects scoped by your manager and senior engineers. Actively seek feedback, learn system design approaches, and build your understanding of the team's distributed architecture and compliance domain over time.

Collaborate across the team — Partner with senior engineers, product managers, and compliance experts and tax PoCs across globe to understand requirements. Ask clarifying questions, communicate progress, and flag blockers early

About the team
Our team sits within the AWS Invoicing organization and owns the end-to-end lifecycle of invoice artifacts—from creation to delivery to government reporting. Based in Seattle, we're a group of engineers who care deeply about reliability, compliance, and customer experience. Our systems generate invoices at scale, send delivery notifications, and report to tax authorities across many countries.

We're in an exciting growth phase: expanding e-invoicing to new countries, building a reusable invoicing platform for teams across Amazon, and investing in automation to streamline compliance work. We have a strong mix of senior and early-career engineers, and we actively invest in growing SDEs through mentorship, well-scoped projects, and a culture of learning.

We share knowledge openly, encourage engineers to research before they build, and give people room to experiment and turn what they learn into something the whole team benefits from. Whether you're drawn to distributed systems, document processing, international regulations, or applied AI, there's room here to explore and grow into the engineer you want to become.

Basic 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
- 1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience
- 1+ 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
- 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience
- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language

Preferred qualifications

- 3+ 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

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 - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually

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Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

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Key facts

SDE II, AWS Invoicing is an open job at Amazon.
Level rates this role AI Level 1 of 4: Little AI.
The listed salary is $144k-$194k a year.
The role is based in US, WA, Seattle.
The job was posted on October 9, 2026.
Seniority: mid.
Applications are handled by Amazon. Apply on Amazon

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