System Development Engineer II, Amazon WorkSpaces Applications

Amazon is hiring a System Development Engineer II, Amazon WorkSpaces Applications in Seattle, United States. It pays $129k-$175k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Amazon.

Level's read on this job

Level rates this role Little AI ●○○○: aI is not part of the work.
The posting mentions AWS, EC2 and S3 among its tools and skills.
Level classes it as a mid-level role.
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AI in this role

Design, build, and operate secure and scalable SaaS application streaming and virtual desktop services on AWS.

AWSEC2S3DynamoDBKinesisLambdaAPI Gateway

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AWS Applied AI Solutions (AAIS) is building toward a future where every business innovates with Amazon AI teammates. To get there, we build AI solutions that improve human capabilities and transform entire business functions. We create end-to-end products that surprise and delight out-of-the-box, making complex things easy and hard things possible, with no cloud experience required. We start with customers who embrace the future and build bridges to meet the rest where they are. We pursue ambitious opportunities with conviction, and we are looking for builders who share that mindset.

Do you want to design, build, and operate services that are used by millions of customers every day? Are you passionate about architecting highly available and large-scale services?

If the answer is yes, the WorkSpaces Applications team wants to talk with you. We're a rapidly-growing team, and we're looking for talented and motivated engineers to join us.

WorkSpaces Applications enables SaaS application streaming and virtual desktop delivery for customers at scale. We offer a unique opportunity to solve some of the most interesting problems associated with providing secure, reliable, fast, and highly scalable solutions. You'll build on top of AWS utilizing industry-leading patterns on EC2, S3, DynamoDB, Kinesis, Lambda, API Gateway, and more. We strive to deliver innovative solutions and features that enable millions of concurrent streams, snappy click-to-stream app starts, end-to-end streaming latency faster than human perception, lowest possible cost per streaming session, secure and isolated streams for optimal compute and graphics utilization, high-fidelity graphics, broad server OS selection, and broad client OS support.

Key job responsibilities
• Design, Develop, Deliver, and Operate secure, reliable, and scalable solutions for customer features as well as internal operational improvements.
• Maintain high standard by delivering high quality in your own work as well as push for a high bar in code, design, and other document reviews for the team.
• Work across team boundaries and help deliver on team projects by showing a high bar of ownership, earn trust, and deliver results.
• Develop a deep understanding of the system as well as the overall service, understand core customer usage patterns and workflows. Be part of the team's oncall rotation and help in directly engaging with customers and stakeholders and drive ticket and issue resolution.
• Demonstrate customer obsession in your work (design, implementation, testing, deployments, operations).
• Develop your communication skills and leverage written and verbal communication to earn trust and drive consensus and required outcomes while collaborating with team mates and across team-boundaries.
• Be closely engaged in team meetings and processes and help continuously identify and drive improvements for the team's efficiency and effectiveness.
• Be a mentor and role model for junior engineers by exemplifying and reinforcing Amazon's LPs every day.

About the team
Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn't followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don't let it stop you from applying.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that's why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there's nothing we can't achieve in the cloud.

Here at AWS, it's in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity and AmazeCon conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

We're continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth's Best Employer. That's why you'll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Basic qualifications

- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 2+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- 3+ years of administrative experience in networking, storage systems, operating systems and hands-on systems engineering experience
- Knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals (networking, storage, operating systems)
- Experience programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby

Preferred qualifications

- Experience with PowerShell (preferred), Python, Ruby, or Java
- Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Python, Ruby, Golang, Java, C++, C#, Rust

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 - 129,200.00 - 174,800.00 USD annually

How we rate this

System Development Engineer II, Amazon WorkSpaces Applications at Amazon rates 10 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

System Development Engineer II, Amazon WorkSpaces Applications is an open job at Amazon.
Level rates this role AI Level 1 of 4: Little AI.
The listed salary is $129k-$175k a year.
The role is based in US, WA, Seattle.
The job was posted on August 13, 2026.
Seniority: mid.
Applications are handled by Amazon. Apply on Amazon

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