Software Development Engineer, Selling Partner Promotions

Amazon is hiring a Software Development Engineer, Selling Partner Promotions in Seattle, United States. It pays $144k-$194k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Amazon.

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The posting mentions Java, Kotlin and AWS among its tools and skills.
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Design and operate backend services managing promotion lifecycles for Amazon retail customers using Java, Kotlin, and AWS.

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Want to build systems that enable Selling Partners to grow their business and delight Amazon customers? As a Software Development Engineer (SDE) II in the Selling Partner Promotions organization, you will build backend services that manage the lifecycle of the promotions customers see on the Retail Website: Deals, Price Discounts, Buy-X-Get-Y, and Coupons.

Ideally, you are a self-starter with a passion for technology, enthusiasm for collaboration, and a desire to learn and stay curious. You will join a wider organization with well-defined processes — quarterly planning, office hours, feature intake, and more — designed to minimize churn so our engineers can focus on what they do best: building systems at scale for our Selling Partners and customers.

Key job responsibilities
Our team works every day on challenging problems to improve how Selling Partners create and manage promotions. We own the promotion lifecycle management services ("partner services") behind Deals, Price Discounts, Buy-X-Get-Y, and Coupons. In this role you will:

- Design, build, and operate backend services that capture Selling Partner intent through a well-defined promotion data model.
- Develop and maintain the validation rules that uphold a high quality bar for Amazon shoppers.
- Participate in on-call, operational excellence, and the full software development lifecycle from design through deployment.

A day in the life
You'll collaborate with engineers, product managers, and partner teams to take features from design review through launch, backed by code reviews, CI/CD, and the team's planning cadence.

About the team
We are part of the Selling Partner Promotions organization. Our tech stack runs on AWS. We follow best practices including infrastructure as code with CDK and full continuous deployment pipelines. We develop primarily in Java and Kotlin.

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

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Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

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Key facts

Software Development Engineer, Selling Partner Promotions 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 October 29, 2026.
Seniority: mid.
Applications are handled by Amazon. Apply on Amazon

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Backend ServicesSystem DesignScalabilityJavaKotlinAWSCdk

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Pay

This job starts at: $144k
Typical software engineer job: $168k

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