Senior Embedded Software Engineer, Emerging Devices Software
Company websiteamazon.com (Amazon, opens in new tab)
Base salary $193,300 to $261,500
Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in Sunnyvale, CA
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- LocationSunnyvale, CA
- WorkplaceWorkplace not stated
- Status at last checkSource accepting applications when checked
- Last checked (4 h ago) · observed since
About this job
Amazon is looking for a Embedded Software Engineer to join the project team working to build best in class consumer products. We are an innovative, cross-platform, customer-obsessed team, working on big-bets in an innovative environment.
We are looking for a talented and passionate Embedded Firmware Engineer to be part of an exciting team. You will have an enormous opportunity to make a large impact on the design, architecture, and implementation of cutting edge products used every day, by people you know. This is a fast paced, highly collaborative environment inside Amazon. To be successful you need to be flexible and entrepreneurial. You are a true owner - you are passionate about the business and drive to optimize and improve our business processes, remove bottlenecks and friction, and allow the business to move at a fast pace. You collaborate with UX designers, product managers, technical program managers, and partner teams. You are comfortable with a degree of ambiguity and willing to develop quick proof of concepts, iterate and improve. You create extendable design and easy to maintain solutions with the long term vision in mind.
In this role, you will:
- Be responsible for development of new features for embedded systems
- Investigate, prototype and deliver new and innovative system solutions
- Design, develop and verify firmware for embedded systems
- Participate in design reviews, API development, and documentation
- Work with new technologies that are vital to product development
- Deliver investigation plans and reports, architectural documents, design specs, software and firmware source code, build scripts
- Perform tasks including debug, bring-up, Beta and production software development
- Successfully collaborate with both software and hardware product teams
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.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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, CA, Sunnyvale - 193,300.00 - 261,500.00 USD annually
Source: Amazon · View original posting (opens in new tab)
Pay in context
This role's base floor ($193,300) is above 66% of the 4,280 Software Engineering roles in California listed on this site; 37 others list the same floor. Their median floor is $176,362; the middle half runs from $149,100 to $204,000.
Only jobs on this site count, and each one publishes a base salary of $100,000 or more, so this compares six-figure jobs with each other, not with the whole market. Computed Nov 6, 2026.
This listingSenior Embedded Software Engineer, Emerging Devices Software$193,300 to $261,500
Sr. Software Development Engineer, EDS Device Software$193,300 to $261,500
Senior Software Development Engineer, EC2 Nitro Team$193,300 to $261,500
Sr. Machine Learning Engineer, AGI$193,300 to $261,500
Sr. Machine Learning Engineer, FAI$193,300 to $261,500
Sr. Machine Learning - Compiler Engineer III, AWS Neuron, Annapurna Labs$193,300 to $261,500
Sr. Software Engineer- AI/ML, AWS Neuron Distributed Training$193,300 to $261,500
Chart as a table
| Role | Published base |
|---|---|
| Senior Embedded Software Engineer, Emerging Devices Software (this listing) | $193,300 - $261,500 |
| Sr. Software Development Engineer, EDS Device Software | $193,300 - $261,500 |
| Senior Software Development Engineer, EC2 Nitro Team | $193,300 - $261,500 |
| Sr. Machine Learning Engineer, AGI | $193,300 - $261,500 |
| Sr. Machine Learning Engineer, FAI | $193,300 - $261,500 |
| Sr. Machine Learning - Compiler Engineer III, AWS Neuron, Annapurna Labs | $193,300 - $261,500 |
| Sr. Software Engineer- AI/ML, AWS Neuron Distributed Training | $193,300 - $261,500 |
Observed changes
- First observed on the employer's board
- Began meeting the published-salary criteria
- Observed since
- Employer-stated posting date
- 2026-06-03
Where this pay comes from
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USA, CA, Sunnyvale - 193,300.00 - 261,500.00 USD annually
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