AmazonSoftware Development Engineer II, Amazon Leo
Amazon is hiring a Software Development Engineer II, Amazon Leo . It pays $144k-$194k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Amazon.
Level's read on this job
- Uses AI ●●○○ is how Level rates this software engineer role: an ordinary role that requires AI tools.
- Tools and skills the posting cites include Java, AWS and backend development.
- 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
Build backend gateway APIs and service integrations for Amazon Leo while leveraging generative AI coding assistants.
The job is to shape what the frontend needs, route and orchestrate requests across those systems, translate between them, and compose their responses into reliable operations the customer experience can depend on. The core of the work is integration: calling many APIs, handling partial failures gracefully, mapping between different service models, and keeping latency and reliability high across a lot of moving parts. Much of this is built zero-to-one and expanding into new countries, so you will move from ambiguous problems to working products. You will own the full development lifecycle and work closely with frontend, product, and partner service teams.
Export Control Requirement:
Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
Key job responsibilities
- Design and build backend gateway APIs in Java that route and orchestrate requests across many downstream services, from concept through deployment and operation.
- Integrate with ordering, payments, billing, equipment and network provisioning, and support services: calling their APIs, translating between their models, and composing their responses.
- Handle the realities of a distributed system: partial failures, retries, timeouts, error translation, and keeping latency and reliability high across many dependencies.
- Work with product managers, frontend engineers, and partner service teams, and help the platform expand into new countries.
- Use agentic development workflows and generative AI tools to deliver faster, and improve the system with AWS native services.
- Review code, give feedback, and coach teammates on service integration patterns and well-tested code.
- Document your team's software and train new team members on how it is built, tested, and operated.
About the team
We build the e-commerce experience for a global ISP customer base at Amazon Leo. Our team owns the backend-for-frontend layer: the single API the customer-facing app talks to, and the orchestration behind it that connects to the systems provisioning and running satellite internet. We work hand in hand with the frontend team, shaping our APIs around what their experiences need. We are scaling the team and investing in AI-based development and operational workflows.
Basic qualifications
- 5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
- 5+ years of programming using a modern programming language such as Java, C++, or C#, including object-oriented design experience
- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
- Experience testing back end services
Preferred qualifications
- 6+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
- 5+ years of contributing to new and current systems architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) experience
- Experience with test-driven development
- Experience with dependency injection, API modeling, and clean layering (separating API endpoints, business-logic orchestration, and downstream service clients)
- Experience building API gateway, orchestration, or backend-for-frontend services that integrate many downstream dependencies
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, Redmond - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually
How we rate this
Software Development Engineer II, Amazon Leo 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
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- Tell me about a project where software engineering was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where generative ai was part of your work. What did you do?
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- List these exact terms on your resume: Backend Development, API Integration, Distributed Systems, Software Engineering, and Generative AI. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
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- 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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