Software Development Engineer II, EC2 Edge Core-Services
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 23, 2026. First seen by Alion on May 15, 2026. Amazon scores B on the Alion truth index.
About the Role:
Do you want to solve business challenges through innovative technology? Do you enjoy working on innovative, scalable services technology in a team environment? At Amazon, you will grow into the high impact leader you know you're ready to be. Every day will be filled with exciting new challenges, developing new skills, and achieving personal growth.
Amazon's Software Development Engineers (SDEs) use latest technology to solve complex problems and build innovative solutions on behalf of our customers. We're looking for engineers who are passionate about creating scalable services, working on challenging technical problems, and seeing the direct impact of their work at global scale.
Position Overview:
SDEs in the EC2 Edge Core-Services organization are autonomous contributors to their team's software for building and maintaining scalable services, tools, and processes that manage Edge devices throughout their lifecycle from order fulfilment to when an asset's useful life is over.
You will deliver working features spanning the full software lifecycle including working backwards from customers, software design, implementation, testing, deployment, operations, and documentation. Your code will be of high-quality and you'll make regular commits to contribute to the team's codebase. You'll also coach others on producing high quality code and following engineering best practices. You'll ensure that when software fails, the root cause is identified and eliminated with a permanent fix.
Key job responsibilities
Key Job Responsibilities
- Collaborate with experienced cross-disciplinary Amazonians to conceive, design, and bring innovative products and services to market
- Design and build innovative technologies in a large distributed environment and help lead fundamental changes in the industry at incredible scale and speed
- Design and code the right solutions starting with broadly defined problems
- Work in an agile environment to deliver high-quality, maintainable code with comprehensive documentation
- Mentor and coach team members on software engineering best practices
- Drive root cause analysis and implement permanent fixes for production issues
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
- 1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational 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