AmazonSoftware Dev Engineer, AWS DevOps Agent
Amazon is hiring a Software Dev Engineer, AWS DevOps Agent in Seattle, United States. It pays $144k-$194k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Amazon.
Level's read on this job
- On Level's scale, this role is Works on AI ●●●○: the daily work is on AI products, without building the model.
- Tools and skills the posting cites include Bedrock and prompt engineering.
- Level classifies it as a mid-level role.
- Level lists 21,000+ other open roles at Amazon.
- The role was posted in the last few days.
AI in this role
We are the AWS DevOps Agent Chat team under the Agentic AI DevOps organization. We're building intelligent DevOps assistance through Agentic Chat that transforms how customers interact with their AWS DevOPS Agent space or AWS infrastructure. Our AI teammate is always available, understands context across investigations, provides real-time insights, and helps prevent incidents before they occur.
As a Software Development Engineer on our team, you'll work directly with Large Language Models (LLMs) and build agents that enhance customer experiences at scale. You will leverage your deep technical expertise to design and deliver reliable, scalable, and highly performant AI systems. You'll work extensively with AWS Agent Core, Amazon Bedrock, prompt engineering techniques, and agentic solutions while collaborating closely with Applied Scientists and AI experts. You will build rapid prototypes and proofs of concept in partnership with technology leaders across the team, tackling challenging, novel problems every day alongside multiple technical teams at AWS.
We are looking for a talented Software Development Engineer with a strong technical background, customer obsession, and bias for action. You should have a proven track record of delivering robust solutions quickly. Strong judgment and communication skills, long-term technical vision, and relentless focus on engineering and operational excellence are essential for success in this role. You will demonstrate technical proficiency, mentor and grow junior engineers, champion software development best practices, and iterate quickly to deliver results.
We foster a collaborative environment where innovation thrives and technical excellence is the standard. Every team member has the opportunity to shape the future of AI-powered DevOps while maintaining work-life balance and pursuing continuous learning.
Key job responsibilities
Design and build innovative AI-powered technologies in a large distributed computing environment that deliver meaningful customer impact.
• Develop LLM-based content generation workflows that are reliable, scalable, and performant.
• Partner with Applied Scientists to implement prompt tuning and LLM-as-a-judge techniques that power intelligent user experiences.
• Collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams across Amazon to conceive, design, and bring innovative products and services to market.
• Solve broadly defined problems by designing and coding the right solutions with sound technical judgment.
• Work in an agile environment to deliver high-quality software quickly while maintaining engineering excellence.
A day in the life
Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.
About the team
The Planes team builds the control plane, data plane, integrations and triage agent that let AWS DevOps Agent operate safely inside thousands of customer environments.
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
How we rate this
Software Dev Engineer, AWS DevOps Agent at Amazon rates 65 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Works on AI (AI Level 3 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Works on AI. The daily work is on AI products, without building the model.
- ●●●● 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.
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Skills and AI tools this role asks for
Questions you could be asked
- How do you structure and test a prompt to get consistent output from a language model?
- Walk me through how you've used Bedrock in your day-to-day work.
- Describe a typical day in a role like this one: which parts run through AI directly?
- If you removed AI from this role, what would be left, and how do you decide what still needs a human?
Adapt your resume
- List these exact terms on your resume: Prompt engineering and Bedrock. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
- Attach one line of real, concrete experience to at least one of them. A tool named with nothing behind it rarely survives a human read.
- Show where AI is part of your daily process, not a one-off project. This role expects it to be a running habit.
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