Six Figure Work

Sr. Software Development Engineer, AWS Commerce Platform

AWS

Company websiteaws.org (AWS, opens in new tab)

Base salary $168,100  to $227,400

Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in Arlington, VA

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  • LocationArlington, VA
  • WorkplaceWorkplace not stated
  • Status at last checkSource accepting applications when checked
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About this job

AWS Commerce Platform provides the infrastructure and services that help AWS customers understand and manage their infrastructure costs, as well as enable AWS teams to sell their services.

Our team in AWS Billing (part of AWS Commerce Platform) owns driving and tracking the execution of the billing pipeline. We streamline the operations of billing pipeline by identifying points of manual interventions and providing scalable automated alternatives. We bring visibility into BillRun progress and issues through up-to-date reporting and metrics.

We decompose the AWS billing pipeline to accomplish a zero touch billing experience that scalable and exceeds the expectations of our AWS customers.

About AWS

Diverse Experiences

AWS 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.

Why AWS?

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Inclusive Team Culture

AWS values curiosity and connection. Our employee-led and company-sponsored affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what makes us unique. Our inclusion events foster stronger, more collaborative teams. Our continual innovation is fueled by the bold ideas, fresh perspectives, and passionate voices our teams bring to everything we do.

Mentorship & Career Growth

We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Work/Life Balance

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.

Key job responsibilities

As a senior software engineer in AWS Commerce Platform, you will:

  • Work on the hardest engineering problems in distributed systems at a massive scale and on multiple dimensions.
  • You will exercise your intellectual curiosity, work with motivated teams of sharp individuals, partner with other senior and principal engineers, and provide guidance in defining your team’s engineering roadmap.
  • Own design, development, test, deployment and operation of highly available, secure systems that handle confidential billing data at scale.
  • Regularly dive into architecture, code, test plans, project plans, deployments and operations to drive excellence throughout our organization.
  • Contribute directly to our growth by hiring smart and motivated engineers that can deliver swiftly and predictably, adjusting in an agile fashion to deliver what our customers need.

About the team

Utility Computing (UC)

AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations — from foundational services such as Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWS’s services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization, you’ll support the development and management of Compute, Database, Storage, Internet of Things (Iot), Platform, and Productivity Apps services in AWS, including support for customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services.

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.

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, VA, Arlington - 168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually

Source: AWS · View original posting (opens in new tab)

Pay in context

This role's base floor ($168,100) is above 53% of the 527 Software Engineering roles in Virginia listed on this site; 14 others list the same floor. Their median floor is $159,000; the middle half runs from $131,278 to $179,700.

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 AWS roles with the nearest advertised base floor
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This range next to 6 other live AWS roles with the nearest advertised base floor
RolePublished base
Sr. Software Development Engineer, AWS Commerce Platform (this listing)$168,100 - $227,400
Senior Software Development Engineer, AWS Compliance & Security Assurance$168,100 - $227,400
Senior Software Engineer, Security Services and Observability, Amazon Web Services$168,100 - $227,400
Software Development Engineer, Amazon Java Runtime$168,100 - $227,400
Sr. Software Development Engineer, AWS Transform$168,100 - $227,400
Senior Software Development Engineer, EC2 Trainium AI Infra$168,100 - $227,400
Software Development Engineer, AWS Payments & Fraud Prevention$168,100 - $227,400

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

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USA, VA, Arlington - 168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually

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