Senior Software Development Engineer, Amazon Quick

Amazon Quick is an agentic AI work companion that helps business users find answers, get insights from their data, and automate their work across web, desktop, and mobile. It brings AI agents, enterprise knowledge, and everyday business tools together in one place, so people can go from question to action without switching contexts. Quick is one of Amazon's most strategic products, it is live with enterprise customers, and it is growing fast.

We are looking for a Senior Software Development Engineer to lead the design and delivery of major parts of the Quick platform. You will own the architecture of large, customer-facing features end to end, from the experience users touch to the distributed services and cloud infrastructure behind them, and you will raise the engineering bar for the team around you. Experience with generative AI is a plus, but strong system design skills, sound technical judgment, and a track record of leading complex projects matter most.

Why you will love this role:

• Build, not maintain: Quick is in customers' hands, but many of the hardest problems in agentic AI are still being solved, and you will help define how they are solved.
• Technical leadership: You will set technical direction for your area, drive designs through review, and mentor engineers across the team.
• Enterprise scale with startup speed: We ship frequently to customers with high expectations for availability, performance, and security.
• High visibility: You will work closely with senior engineers, applied scientists, and product leaders on initiatives that are core to Amazon Quick.

Key job responsibilities

• Lead the design and architecture of large, customer-facing features for Amazon Quick, from the user experience to the distributed services and cloud infrastructure behind them.
• Decide what to build with product managers and senior leaders, and turn ambiguous problems into clear technical plans and milestones.
• Design highly available, scalable, and secure distributed systems on AWS, and make sound trade-offs between speed, cost, and quality.
• Drive engineering best practices across the team, including design reviews, code reviews, testing, operational excellence, and documentation.
• Own the operational health of your systems, and lead deep dives into the hardest production issues.
• Use generative AI tools in your daily work, and help improve the quality and reliability of AI-powered features.
• Mentor engineers and help grow the next generation of technical leaders on the team.

You will work with a variety of languages and technologies, such as Python, TypeScript, and Java, on AWS.

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.

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.

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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, Santa Clara - 193,300.00 - 261,500.00 USD annually