Software Development Engineer, Agentic AI

Amazon is hiring a Software Development Engineer, Agentic AI for a remote role open to applicants in United States. It pays $144k-$194k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Level.

AI in this role

Builds full-stack AI experiences, agent orchestration layers, and foundation model integrations as a Senior SDE.

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We are building experiences that make it easy for builders to create, build, deploy, and collaborate using AI. We believe every employee should be able to harness AI to get their work done, without needing to understand the systems underneath. Our team is building the surfaces, agents, and context systems that make this possible.

As a full-stack SDE, you will work across the product: UX , agent orchestration and execution, context and knowledge systems, and foundation model integration.

Key job responsibilities
Engineer end-to-end, full-stack experiences: Build across the entire stack with intuitive front-end interfaces, robust back-end services and REST APIs, and intelligent middleware

Build and maintain the agent orchestration and execution layer, ensuring reliable routing between AI models, context systems, and user-facing surfaces

Define and implement interfaces between systems, ensuring foundational components compose cleanly into integrated customer experiences rather than standalone services

Plan, estimate, and drive delivery: Lead implementation planning, effort estimation, and phased rollouts across systems and operations; you own outcomes with the autonomy and accountability expected in a high-trust startup environment.

Prototype rapidly and innovate relentlessly: Validate hypotheses with customers, iterate quickly, and bring a builder's mindset every day. The best idea wins here regardless of where it comes from.

Mentor and grow engineers: Develop junior and mid level engineers through pairing, design reviews, and hands on coaching. Foster a culture of ownership and continuous learning.

Drive operational excellence: Own reliability, performance, and security of your services. Lead on call rotations, drive root cause analysis, and implement systemic improvements.

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, TX, Austin - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually

How we rate this

Software Development Engineer, Agentic AI at Amazon rates 90 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. Open the description and count.

Key facts

Software Development Engineer, Agentic AI 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, TX, Austin and is marked remote.
The job was posted on October 15, 2026.
Seniority: senior.
Applications are handled by Amazon. Apply on Amazon

Prepare for this job

Built from this posting and from similar jobs on Level.

Skills and AI tools this role asks for

Full Stack DevelopmentAgent OrchestrationSystem ArchitectureDistributed SystemsMentoringCJavaPerl

Also common in software engineer jobs at this level

Python LLM AWS Machine learning AI agents Kubernetes

Pay

This job starts at: $144k
Typical software engineer job: $168k

This posting starts 14% below the typical software engineer job. See software engineer jobs

Questions you could be asked

Tell me about a project where full stack development was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where agent orchestration was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where system architecture was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where distributed systems was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where mentoring was part of your work. What did you do?

Adapt your resume

List these exact terms on your resume: Full Stack Development, Agent Orchestration, System Architecture, Distributed Systems, and Mentoring. 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.
Lead with what you built, trained or shipped. This role is judged on the AI system itself, not the tools around it.

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