Six Figure Work

Software Development Engineer II, EC2 Infrastructure Foundational Services

Amazon

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
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About this job

What we do

Infrastructure Foundational Services (IFS) is a team within AWS under EC2 Infrastructure Services organization, that builds and maintains services that provision physical hardware, orchestrates host and rack management activities, tracks health of racks, enables automated RamDisk management, and vends data related to all physical and Hailstone hosts, rack devices (such as Top of Rack/TOR and Powershelves), rack locations, and the logical status for each device. Our customers use these services across all of AWS's data centers, local zones, transit centers, corporate locations, and fulfillment centers. We enable our customers to manage, test, and update these devices by building critical control systems.

Why we need you

At this scale we are constantly stretching the elasticity of the the cloud. You will work to deliver this end to end workflow and collaborate with your customers - including other developers, business partners, and infrastructure teams. You will work with other engineers who have a passion for learning new technology and making your customer's lives better.

Key job responsibilities

  • Design and build highly available, regional and zonal services that operate at massive scale (millions of hosts, billions of API calls)
  • Own features end-to-end: requirements, design, implementation, testing, deployment, and operations
  • Develop modern Kotlin/Java/Python/TypeScript services spanning on-host agents, APIs and Web interfaces with measurable impact on availability and security
  • Participate in on-call rotations and drive operational excellence
  • Work with a team of passionate engineers to deliver the next generation of infrastructure data and provisioning services

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
  • 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

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Pay in context

This role's base floor ($143,700) is above 15% of the 1,398 Software Engineering roles in Washington listed on this site; 527 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 6, 2026.

This range next to 6 other live Amazon roles with the nearest advertised base floor
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This range next to 6 other live Amazon roles with the nearest advertised base floor
RolePublished base
Software Development Engineer II, EC2 Infrastructure Foundational Services (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

Same $100K to $400K scale as every card. All Amazon roles · How to read the bar

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Employer-stated posting date
2026-07-14
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Location as the employer wrote it: US, WA, Seattle

USA, WA, Seattle - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually

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