Senior Software Development Engineer, EC2 Trainium AI Infra

Amazon is hiring a Senior Software Development Engineer, EC2 Trainium AI Infra in Seattle, United States. It pays $168k-$227k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Amazon.

Level's read on this job

On Level's scale, this software engineer role is Little AI ●○○○: aI is not part of the work.
Pay on this posting starts in line with the typical software engineer posting on Level.
Level classes it as a senior role.
Amazon has 20,000+ other open roles on Level.
Posted within the past week.

AI in this role

The Software Development Engineer will lead the team in technical strategy, design, build, and operation of infrastructure services including provisioning and availability of AWS Trainium-based AI servers. This role requires expertise in architecting large-scale systems, building micro services, and cross-functional collaboration with several other teams such as capacity management, hardware engineering, and datacenter teams to manage AI/ML infrastructure.

Key job responsibilities
- Design and develop innovative technologies that power the infrastructure supporting AI workloads on Ultraservers
- Lead technical projects establishing EC2 as the pioneer in cloud computing for AI/ML workloads across diverse applications including LLMs, multimodal systems, and emerging model architectures.
- Collaborate with various teams to influence architecture of provisioning systems and improve to operate at scale and efficiently.
- Build customer relationships by investigating complex performance challenges, developing solutions, and publishing actionable best practices through multiple channels.

About the team
The EC2 UltraServer Provisioning team is a high-performing engineering organization responsible for delivering AWS Trainium-based UltraServers infrastructure at scale. We manage end-to-end provisioning workflows from host ingestion through testing, repair, and recovery.

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.

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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 https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, WA, Seattle - 168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually

How we rate this

Senior Software Development Engineer, EC2 Trainium AI Infra at Amazon rates 26 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.

Key facts

Senior Software Development Engineer, EC2 Trainium AI Infra is an open job at Amazon.
Level rates this role AI Level 1 of 4: Little AI.
The listed salary is $168k-$227k a year.
The role is based in US, WA, Seattle.
The job was posted on November 6, 2026.
Seniority: senior.
Applications are handled by Amazon. Apply on Amazon