AmazonSoftware Development Engineer, Amazon Central Sourcing
Amazon is hiring a Software Development Engineer, Amazon Central Sourcing in Seattle, United States. It pays $165k-$224k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Amazon.
Level's read on this job
- Level rates this software engineer role Uses AI ●●○○: an ordinary role that requires AI tools.
- The listed pay starts close to the typical software engineer posting on Level.
- Tools and skills the posting cites include Java, C and Perl.
- Level classifies it as a mid-level role.
- Level lists 20,000+ other open roles at Amazon.
AI in this role
Software development engineer to build scalable cloud services while leveraging generative AI extensively in the daily coding workflow.
Some things about us:
-Motivated, collaborative team: Join a team of passionate engineers who support each other, share knowledge freely, and celebrate wins together.
-Greenfield opportunity: We're building from the ground up, giving you the chance to shape architecture, tooling, and culture from day one.
-World-changing impact: Your work will directly shape how hundreds of millions of customers interact every day.
Key job responsibilities
-Design and implement highly available, scalable cloud services in Java.
-Build and operate Tier-1 services at massive scale
-Solve novel and complex distributed systems challenges — from low-latency communication to fault-tolerant architectures
-Leverage generative AI extensively in your day-to-day development workflow to accelerate delivery and improve code quality
-Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams across Amazon to define technical direction and deliver customer-facing features
-Contribute to a culture of operational excellence, including on-call support, monitoring, and continuous improvement
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.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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.
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How we rate this
Software Development Engineer, Amazon Central Sourcing at Amazon rates 40 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
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
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Pay
- This job starts at
- $165k
- Typical software engineer job
- $167k
This posting starts close to the typical software engineer job. See software engineer jobs
Questions you could be asked
- What's a project where you used Java hands-on?
- Walk me through how you've used C in your day-to-day work.
- What are the limits of Perl that you've run into, and how did you work around them?
- What's a project where you used Generative AI hands-on?
- This role expects you to use AI tools as part of the job. Which ones have you used, and for what?
Adapt your resume
- List these exact terms on your resume: Java, C, Perl, and Generative AI. 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.
- Put the AI tool in a bullet point about what you did, not just in a skills list. This role treats it as a required part of the job.
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