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Software Development Engineer II, Lightsail
Software Development Engineer II, Lightsail at Amazon scores 40 out of 100 on AI centrality, which makes it a Level 2 role on this board.
US, WA, Seattlemidfull-time$144k-$194k
AI in this role
Builds full-stack cloud features for Amazon Lightsail while evaluating generative AI tools to improve team productivity.
javagojavascriptreactaws
distributed-systemssoftware-developmentbackendfrontend
Key job responsibilities
- Design and build features for Amazon Lightsail's distributed systems, working in Java, Go, JavaScript, and React across both backend services and frontend experiences.
- Collaborate with partner teams across AWS — including Amazon EC2, Amazon Route 53, Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon DynamoDB, and Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS) — to integrate Lightsail capabilities with the broader AWS ecosystem.
- Own the operational health of the services you build by identifying root causes of production issues and driving permanent fixes, ensuring customers experience reliable performance.
- Participate actively in design reviews and code reviews, providing constructive feedback to teammates and mentoring other engineers on writing clean, maintainable code.
- Evaluate new technologies and approaches, including generative artificial intelligence tools, to improve team productivity and the quality of solutions delivered to customers.
A day in the life
You start your morning checking operational dashboards for a Lightsail service you recently launched, then join a design review where you and a teammate work through how to integrate a new hosting capability with an existing AWS service. After lunch, you pick up a feature task, writing backend logic in Java and wiring up the React console so customers can try it out. Later, you review a pull request from a teammate, leave detailed feedback, and update documentation so the next engineer who touches this code can ramp up quickly.
About the team
Amazon Lightsail sits within AWS and has a distinctive mission: make cloud infrastructure simple and approachable for non-enterprise customers. While we run on the same AWS infrastructure that powers the world's largest workloads, our focus is on removing complexity so developers and small businesses can launch and scale without a steep learning curve. We are an inclusive team that values knowledge sharing and mentorship, and we intentionally assign projects to help each engineer grow. Right now we are investing in new hosting and agent capabilities, so there is plenty of room to have a direct impact on what we build next.
Basic qualifications
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 2+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience
- 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems 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, WA, Seattle - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually
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Skills and AI tools this role asks for
Distributed SystemsSoftware DevelopmentBackendFrontendJavaGoJavascriptReact
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- Tell me about a project where distributed systems was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where software development was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where backend was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where frontend was part of your work. What did you do?
- Walk me through how you've used Java in your day-to-day work.
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