Software Development Engineer II, Digital Acceleration

Amazon is hiring a Software Development Engineer II, Digital Acceleration in Chennai, United States. Level rates it ; you can apply on Amazon.

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Little AI ●○○○ is how Level rates this software engineer role: aI is not part of the work.
Tools and skills the posting cites include distributed systems, software architecture and data engineering.
Level classifies it as a mid-level role.
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AI in this role

Build distributed enterprise systems and data products supporting AI, metrics, and analytics at scale.

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Amazon.com is looking for a talented and enthusiastic SDE to join the Digital Acceleration team. You will be involved in enabling AI, data, metrics and analytics at scale to several Amazon digital teams.

We specialize in building AI, analytics and data engineering related products specifically around metadata management, privacy compliance, data quality and customer lifecycle management analytics. We are seeking a SDE with a strong knowledge of distributed systems to build enterprise-scale, mission-critical, multi-tiered applications using tools that are well out in front on the technology wave. You must enjoy working on complex software systems in a customer-centric environment and be passionate not only about building good software but also ensuring that the same software achieves its goals in operational reality.

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
- 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

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How we rate this

Software Development Engineer II, Digital Acceleration at Amazon rates 25 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

●●●● 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 Development Engineer II, Digital Acceleration is an open job at Amazon.
Level rates this role AI Level 1 of 4: Little AI.
The role is based in IN, TN, Chennai.
The job was posted on June 3, 2026.
Seniority: mid.
Applications are handled by Amazon. Apply on Amazon

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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

Distributed SystemsSoftware ArchitectureData EngineeringAnalytics

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Pay

Typical software engineer job: $167k

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