Software Development Engineer, Sidewalk Cloud

Amazon is hiring a Software Development Engineer, Sidewalk Cloud in Bengaluru, India. Level rates it ; you can apply on Amazon.

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The posting mentions Java, Kotlin and Go among its tools and skills.
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Build and scale core cloud services and messaging platforms for the Ring Sidewalk IoT community network.

JavaKotlinGoRustPythonAWS

cloud-servicesdistributed-systemsiotsoftware-engineering

Ring is looking for Software development Engineer to join our growing Sidewalk cloud services team and help build a nationwide community network that will enable connectivity for millions of IOT devices. You will be responsible for building core cloud services that will provide a scalable backbone to the network and support functionalities like authentication, encryption, message routing, and device life-cycle management. You will develop real-time monitoring and analytics solutions to continuously learn, and help keep customer trust by preventing security incidents and improving network availability.

As a Software Development Engineer, you will have the opportunity to influence the product roadmap, drive key components of overall system architecture and lead the adoption of best practices within the org. You will work closely with and influence AWS IOT service teams, as well as cross functional teams across Ring, Echo, and Alexa, to bring a unified connectivity solution for our customers.

Sidewalk cloud services team owns all the core services and infrastructure that is backbone of the Sidewalk network. Sidewalk is already enabled on more than 80 million Amazon and Ring devices, with more devices added every day. The team is responsible for scaling the core connectivity and messaging platform for the network. Services follow event driven system architecture that blends various server-less computer technologies. The team believes in choosing the right tool and technology for the job, and has created services in various programming languages like Java, Kotlin, Go, Rust, and Python.

Key job responsibilities
· Manage key components of the core Sidewalk cloud services and messaging platform, that processes millions of messages in a day.
· Think big; bring fresh ideas and approaches to simplify onboarding new devices on the Sidewalk network and improve customer value.
· Evaluate different design choices, prototype new technology, and implement technical solutions that address business requirements.
· Contribute in defining product roadmap, understand business impact of system choices, and make technical trade-offs using sound judgement.
· Work closely with ML scientists, understand the requirements, design and deliver innovative monitoring solutions to help preserve customer trust.
· Drive engineering best practices around operational excellence, security, test automation coverage and set standards in the team.
· Deal with ambiguity, make data-driven decisions and juggle cross-organization complexity.
· Drive consensus when confronted with discordant views by identifying the best path forward and influence other to follow it.

About the team
Since its founding in 2013, Ring has been on a mission to make neighborhoods safer, together for everyone. From the first-ever Video Doorbell, to the award-winning DIY Ring Alarm system, Ring’s smart home security product line, as well as the Neighbors app, offer users affordable whole-home and neighborhood security. At Ring, we are committed to making security accessible and convenient for everyone—while working hard to bring communities together. Ring is an Amazon company. For more information, visit www.ring.com. With Ring, you’re always home.

Basic qualifications

- 4+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 4+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
- 4+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team

Preferred qualifications

- 5+ 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, Sidewalk Cloud at Amazon rates 20 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, Sidewalk Cloud is an open job at Amazon.
Level rates this role AI Level 1 of 4: Little AI.
The role is based in IN, KA, Bengaluru.
The job was posted on September 15, 2026.
Seniority: mid.
Applications are handled by Amazon. Apply on Amazon

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