Sr. Software Development Engineer

Amazon is hiring a Sr. Software Development Engineer in New York, United States. It pays $185k-$250k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Amazon.

Level's read on this job

Little AI ●○○○ is how Level rates this software engineer role: aI is not part of the work.
Pay on this posting starts 11% higher than the typical software engineer posting on Level.
The posting mentions Kinesis, Emr and DynamoDB among its tools and skills.
Level classes it as a senior role.
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AI in this role

Design, build, and operate high-scale distributed back-end and front-end services for the AWS Commerce Platform.

KinesisEmrDynamoDBAurora

software-developmentdistributed-computingsystem-architecturebig-datascalability

The AWS Commerce Platform provides the back and front-end services that enable AWS customers to purchase AWS services and understand and manage their infrastructure costs. Come to join our team to tackle some of the hardest scalability, performance, and distributed computing challenges in the world. We process trillions of events per month using stream processing techniques (Kinesis), process billions of line items via map reduce (EMR), and manage artifacts through the latest in database technologies (DynamoDB and Aurora). We process big data and provide tools for customers to interactively understand their bills.

We also provide the analytics that let customers manage billions of dollars of IT usage and spending. Because we sit at the nexus of all AWS services and interact directly with end-customers, we also work closely across all AWS teams to ensure that we offer a great customer experience.

As an engineer in the team, you will design, build and operate services that will help AWS to meet the needs of our customers. Delivering a reliable and high-performance service at AWS scale requires team work of engineers with technical expertise and creativity. At Amazon, we also expect engineers like you to interact with customers, other teams, to understand our business goals, and to innovate rapidly, delivering high-quality and ground-breaking functionality.

You are creative, curious, responsible, and able to work with others to rapidly turn an idea into working code. You’re excited about writing code, implementing big ideas, and helping to coach those around you to raise the team’s bar for code quality. You want the opportunity to grow your technical and professional skills while helping AWS grow. You relish the opportunity to dig into complex operational issues and to help customers build the next generation of applications.

If you enjoy engaging in passionate discussions with smart people and letting the best ideas rise to the top while designing and building systems that can scale and solving challenging problems just push our door to know more about us

Basic qualifications

- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
- 5+ 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

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, NY, New York - 184,900.00 - 250,200.00 USD annually

How we rate this

Sr. Software Development Engineer 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

Sr. Software Development Engineer is an open job at Amazon.
Level rates this role AI Level 1 of 4: Little AI.
The listed salary is $185k-$250k a year.
The role is based in US, NY, New York.
The job was posted on April 23, 2026.
Seniority: senior.
Applications are handled by Amazon. Apply on Amazon

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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

Software DevelopmentDistributed ComputingSystem ArchitectureBig DataScalabilityKinesisEmrDynamoDB

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Pay

This job starts at: $185k
Typical software engineer job: $167k

This posting starts 11% above the typical software engineer job. See software engineer jobs

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