AmazonSenior Software Development Engineer, AWS Fintech
Amazon is hiring a Senior Software Development Engineer, AWS Fintech in Seattle, United States. It pays $168k-$227k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Amazon.
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- Pay on this posting starts in line with the typical software engineer posting on Level.
- The posting mentions AI Root Cause Analysis, software engineering and distributed systems among its tools and skills.
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- Amazon has 20,000+ other open roles on Level.
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Design distributed scalable financial systems and build AI-driven root-cause analysis for enterprise data quality.
AWS Fintech Team is looking for a results-oriented, innovative software development engineer, who can help us create the next generation of distributed, scalable financial systems. Our ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment, relishes working with big data, enjoys the challenge of highly complex business contexts that are typically being defined in real-time. We need someone to design and develop services that facilitate global financial transactions worth billions (USD) annually.
A Senior Software Development Engineer (Sr. SDE) at Amazon works on real world problems on a global scale, owns their systems end to end and influences the direction of our technology that impacts customers around the world. You can expect to design flexible and scalable solutions, and work on some of the most complex challenges in large-scale computing by utilizing your skills in data structures, algorithms, and object oriented programming. Coming to Amazon gives you the opportunity to work on a small development team in one of our many rapidly growing organizations.
Key job responsibilities
- Drive technical vision and architecture for a cohesive finance platform, unifying multiple offerings into a seamless builder experience.
- Design and implement critical-path systems; own the architecture from whiteboard to production, making decisions that balance scalability with speed-to-market.
- Define and raise engineering standards across the team — code quality, operational readiness, testing patterns, and documentation.
- Solve hard technical problems: sub-second OLAP queries over petabyte-scale financial datasets, building trust through lineage spanning hundreds of pipelines, and designing AI-driven root-cause analysis for data quality at enterprise scale.
- Influence data strategy and investment decisions, partnering with Principal Engineers and senior leaders to shape where we invest next.
- Mentor engineers and raise the hiring bar — grow the people around you and cultivate a culture of engineering excellence.
- Research, prototype, and publish — produce design documents, POCs, and recommendations that broadly influence technical and business leaders across AWS Fintech.
- Identify hotspots and eliminate duplicate work across teams — think in platforms, build with empathy for the engineers who consume your systems.
A day in the life
- Design and code review sessions — writing and reviewing critical-path code, providing architectural guidance to the team.
- Deep-dive into system performance, operational metrics, and customer pain points to identify improvement opportunities.
- Collaborate with Product Managers, Principal Engineers, and partner teams to refine requirements and align on technical direction.
- Prototype and evaluate new technologies, frameworks, or architectural patterns to solve emerging challenges.
- Participate in operational reviews, on-call rotations, and incident response — ensuring systems meet the reliability bar AWS Finance requires.
- Mentor team members through pairing, design discussions, and code reviews.
- Author and iterate on design documents, technical specs, and architectural decision records.
- Sprint planning and backlog refinement — prioritizing technical debt, feature work, and operational improvements.
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
Preferred qualifications
- 5+ 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 - 168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually
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Senior Software Development Engineer, AWS Fintech at Amazon rates 45 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Uses AI (AI Level 2 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Uses AI. An ordinary role that requires AI tools.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
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