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Posted date: Jun 18, 2025
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Location: Seattle, WA
Estimated salary: $176,450
Range: $129,300 - $223,600
Description
Are you passionate about solving business challenges through innovative technologies like Gen-AI and LLM? Are you excited to work on industry-defining projects that shape core Amazon experiences, including the Amazon Homepage, Prime, and other key customer touchpoints?The Content Systems at Amazon is for talented Software Development Engineers with a passion for innovative technologies to deliver actionable insights throughout the lifecycle of content marketing, ensuring shoppers to see engaging content across Amazon’s online shopping experiences. We builds scalable platforms that leverage native -AI and AI-powered solutions to optimize the quality of every piece of content and to maximize the efficiency of content marketing across Amazon’s experiences and channels. As a Software Development Engineer, you will get to collaborate with senior engineers and applied scientists across a large cross-section of the technical stacks. This role provides you with autonomy and ownership of decisions, working backwards directly from customers. There is ample of opportunity for growth due to the high visibility work, and presence of senior tech leaders for guidance and mentorship. You have the opportunity build on top of native AWS services and leverage Gen-AI, machine learning, and agentic flows to enhance the content creation and distribution process.
At Amazon, we hire the best minds in technology to innovate and build on behalf of our customers. The focus we have on our customers is why we are one of the world’s most beloved brands – customer obsession is part of our company DNA. Our Software Development Engineers (SDEs) solve complex problems and get to see the impact of their work first-hand.
Key job responsibilities
• Collaborate with experienced cross-disciplinary Amazonians to conceive, design, and bring innovative products and services to market.
• Design and build innovative technologies in a large distributed computing environment and help lead fundamental changes in the industry.
• Learn the cutting-edge technologies and productize them to benefit millions of Amazon customers.
• Build distributed storage, index, and query systems that are scalable, fault-tolerant, low cost, and easy to manage/use.
• Design and code the right solutions starting with broadly defined problems.
• Work in an agile environment to deliver high-quality software.
• You raise the bar on operational excellence.
A day in the life
The challenges SDEs solve for at Amazon are big and influence millions of customers, sellers, and products around the world. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about learning and applying new tech to our products, features, and services while managing ambiguity and the pace of a company where development cycles are measured in weeks, not years.
Qualifications
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience- Experience designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent
Extended Qualifications
- 2+ years of server-side development experience- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- Experience building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers
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.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
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