Software Development Engineer II, Amazon Software Builder Experience (ASBX)
Company websiteamazon.com (Amazon, opens in new tab)
Base salary $143,700 to $194,400
Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in Seattle, WA
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- LocationSeattle, WA
- WorkplaceWorkplace not stated
- Status at last checkSource accepting applications when checked
- Last checked (4 h ago) · observed since
About this job
The Code Services team in Amazon Software Builder Experience (ASBX) owns all source control at Amazon — GitFarm, GitHub, and GitLab. Amazon builds on our platforms — literally. Millions of repositories, hundreds of thousands of production systems, and every AI agent writing code at Amazon today push changes to infrastructure we own and operate. We're looking for a Software Development Engineer to build and scale the platforms where all Amazon code lives, at a time when AI agents are becoming first-class participants in source control alongside human developers. You'll design and deliver systems that operate at massive scale while shipping features that shape how the next generation of builders — both human and AI — interact with code.
Key job responsibilities
- Design, build, and operate source control infrastructure serving millions of repositories and billions of monthly code operations across Amazon.
- Deliver scalable, highly available services that support GitFarm, GitHub Enterprise, and GitLab — platforms that have >4 nines of availability.
- Build APIs and platform capabilities that enable AI agents and automated systems to interact with source control safely and at scale.
- Drive operational excellence — own on-call, reduce operational toil through automation, and contribute to our AI-native operations approach.
- Collaborate with engineers across ASBX to deliver a unified, secure developer experience across all source control platforms.
- Solve hard distributed systems problems — monorepo scaling, high-throughput git operations, cross-platform consistency, and performance at Amazon scale.
- Contribute to technical design, code reviews, and mentoring of junior engineers.
A day in the life
As an SDE II on Code Services, you design and build systems that every Amazon developer depends on. You might spend the morning optimizing git operations for monorepo performance, then shift to building APIs that AI agents use to interact with source control. You collaborate with teammates across GitFarm, GitHub, and GitLab to deliver features and resolve operational issues. Your customers are literally all of Amazon — from principal engineers to AI coding assistants. You balance shipping new capabilities with operating infrastructure that is always available.
About the team
The Code Services team owns all source control at Amazon — GitFarm, GitHub, and GitLab. Millions of repositories, billions of monthly code operations, and hundreds of thousands of production systems depend on our platforms. We manage Amazon's external open-source presence on GitHub and operate one of the largest GitLab installations in the world. We are an AI-native team — our operations agent resolves the majority of customer issues autonomously and self-improves over time. We ship fast, operate with high standards, and build for the agentic developer era.
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
Source: Amazon · View original posting (opens in new tab)
Pay in context
This role's base floor ($143,700) is above 15% of the 1,390 Software Engineering roles in Washington listed on this site; 531 others list the same floor. Their median floor is $143,700; the middle half runs from $143,700 to $168,100.
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 5, 2026.
This listingSoftware Development Engineer II, Amazon Software Builder Experience (ASBX)$143,700 to $194,400
Software Developer II, Cosmos$143,700 to $194,400
Software Dev Engineer, AWS WAF Bot Control and Fraud Prevention$143,700 to $194,400
Software Development Engineer, Robotics Development and Packaging Innovation$143,700 to $194,400
SDE II, Aspen$143,700 to $194,400
Software Development Engineer$143,700 to $194,400
Software Development Engineer, StoreGen$143,700 to $194,400
Chart as a table
| Role | Published base |
|---|---|
| Software Development Engineer II, Amazon Software Builder Experience (ASBX) (this listing) | $143,700 - $194,400 |
| Software Developer II, Cosmos | $143,700 - $194,400 |
| Software Dev Engineer, AWS WAF Bot Control and Fraud Prevention | $143,700 - $194,400 |
| Software Development Engineer, Robotics Development and Packaging Innovation | $143,700 - $194,400 |
| SDE II, Aspen | $143,700 - $194,400 |
| Software Development Engineer | $143,700 - $194,400 |
| Software Development Engineer, StoreGen | $143,700 - $194,400 |
Observed changes
- Began meeting the published-salary criteria
- First observed on the employer's board
- Observed since
- Employer-stated posting date
- 2026-07-23
Where this pay comes from
Location as the employer wrote it: US, WA, Seattle
USA, WA, Seattle - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually
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