Software Dev Engineer II, AWS Applied AI Solutions

Amazon is hiring a Software Dev Engineer II, AWS Applied AI Solutions 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

Builds AI ●●●● is how Level rates this role: the job is building AI systems.
Tools and skills the posting cites include AWS, AI agents and AI safety.
Level classifies it as a mid-level role.
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AI in this role

Software Development Engineer building platform services for autonomous enterprise AI agents in AWS Applied AI Solutions.

AWS

ai-agentsai-safetysoftware-engineeringdistributed-systemscloud-services

AWS Applied AI Solutions (AAIS) is building toward a future where every business innovates with Amazon AI teammates. To get there, we build AI solutions that improve human capabilities and transform entire business functions. We create end-to-end products that surprise and delight out-of-the-box, making complex things easy and hard things possible, with no cloud experience required. We start with customers who embrace the future and build bridges to meet the rest where they are. We pursue ambitious opportunities with conviction, and we are looking for builders who share that mindset.

On Agentic WorkSpaces our vision is to enable AI agents to work the way humans do. AI agents are no longer chatbots waiting for prompts. They're digital workers - processing claims reconciling invoices securing infrastructure. And they need the same things every employee needs: identity permissions governance and a trusted place to operate. Our team builds the platform which enables enterprise agents to safely execute autonomous work in governed environments.

We're looking for an SDE II who can ramp quickly deliver features end-to-end and thrive in greenfield work. Much of what we're building doesn't exist yet. You'll take early designs to production make pragmatic calls about what to build versus what to compose from existing AWS services and ship on a schedule tied to real customer milestones. The pace is high and the roadmap is concrete with re:Invent deliverables targeted for this year. The team is small enough that your work goes to production fast and visibly. If you like owning features from design through production and want your work to be the reason enterprises trust AI agents this team is for you.

Key job responsibilities
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• Own features end-to-end: design implement test deploy and operate in production * Build new services for policy enforcement session recording and replay and human-in-the-loop approval workflows * Integrate with AWS services and make build-vs-compose decisions with your team * Handle customer content with care: recording pipelines retention and access controls where correctness is the product * Collaborate with engineers on adjacent teams to unblock dependencies and align on interfaces * Contribute to operational excellence: oncall runbooks alarms and incident response

A day in the life
Your mornings are usually free for focus work - writing code reviewing CRs and working through whatever problem you've picked up. Around 11 AM, you'll have standup then grab lunch with the team (if you like) before the afternoon opens up for integration work cross-team syncs or design reviews. The team is small so you'll know what everyone is working on and when something breaks the whole team rallies. Our pipelines are full CD our ticket queue is small and when something pages us we fix the root cause - not just the symptom. We encourage responsible AI usage across our development workflow - it's one way our team moves fast. The problems are interesting and the pace is high but we believe we can move fast do exceptional work and have a full life outside of it.

About the team
Amazon 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.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that's why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there's nothing we can't achieve in the cloud.

Here at AWS, it's in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity and AmazeCon conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

We're continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth's Best Employer. That's why you'll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

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
- 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 II, AWS Applied AI Solutions at Amazon rates 85 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Builds AI (AI Level 4 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Builds AI. The job is building AI systems.

●●●● 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

Software Dev Engineer II, AWS Applied AI Solutions is an open job at Amazon.
Level rates this role AI Level 4 of 4: Builds AI.
The listed salary is $144k-$194k a year.
The role is based in US, WA, Seattle.
The job was posted on September 8, 2026.
Seniority: mid.
Applications are handled by Amazon. Apply on Amazon

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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

AI agentsAI SafetySoftware EngineeringDistributed SystemsCloud ServicesAWS

Questions you could be asked

How do you decide when an AI agent can act on its own versus asking for approval first?
How do you think about the risk of an AI system in this kind of role failing silently?
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Tell me about a project where distributed systems was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where cloud services was part of your work. What did you do?

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