Software Development Engineer II, EC2 Infrastructure Foundational Services

Amazon is hiring a Software Development Engineer II, EC2 Infrastructure Foundational Services in Seattle, United States. It pays $144k-$194k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Amazon.

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On Level's scale, this software engineer role is Little AI ●○○○: aI is not part of the work.
The posting mentions Kotlin, Java and Python among its tools and skills.
Level classes it as a mid-level role.
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AI in this role

Build and maintain highly available cloud infrastructure services and control systems supporting global AWS data centers.

KotlinJavaPythonTypeScript

software-developmentdistributed-systemscloud-infrastructureapi-design

What we do
Infrastructure Foundational Services (IFS) is a team within AWS under EC2 Infrastructure Services organization, that builds and maintains services that provision physical hardware, orchestrates host and rack management activities, tracks health of racks, enables automated RamDisk management, and vends data related to all physical and Hailstone hosts, rack devices (such as Top of Rack/TOR and Powershelves), rack locations, and the logical status for each device. Our customers use these services across all of AWS's data centers, local zones, transit centers, corporate locations, and fulfillment centers. We enable our customers to manage, test, and update these devices by building critical control systems.

Why we need you
At this scale we are constantly stretching the elasticity of the the cloud. You will work to deliver this end to end workflow and collaborate with your customers - including other developers, business partners, and infrastructure teams. You will work with other engineers who have a passion for learning new technology and making your customer's lives better.

Key job responsibilities
- Design and build highly available, regional and zonal services that operate at massive scale (millions of hosts, billions of API calls)
- Own features end-to-end: requirements, design, implementation, testing, deployment, and operations
- Develop modern Kotlin/Java/Python/TypeScript services spanning on-host agents, APIs and Web interfaces with measurable impact on availability and security
- Participate in on-call rotations and drive operational excellence
- Work with a team of passionate engineers to deliver the next generation of infrastructure data and provisioning services

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

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 Development Engineer II, EC2 Infrastructure Foundational Services at Amazon rates 0 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

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Key facts

Software Development Engineer II, EC2 Infrastructure Foundational Services is an open job at Amazon.
Level rates this role AI Level 1 of 4: Little AI.
The listed salary is $144k-$194k a year.
The role is based in US, WA, Seattle.
The job was posted on July 14, 2026.
Seniority: mid.
Applications are handled by Amazon. Apply on Amazon

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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

Software DevelopmentDistributed SystemsCloud InfrastructureAPI DesignKotlinJavaPythonTypeScript

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Pay

This job starts at: $144k
Typical software engineer job: $167k

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

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Tell me about a project where api design was part of your work. What did you do?
Walk me through how you've used Kotlin in your day-to-day work.

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