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Software Development Engineer, Special Projects

Amazon

Location

Seattle, WA

Type

Full-time

Posted

5/5/2026

Compensation

$143,700 - $194,400 per year

Undergraduate with 2+ Years of Experience
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·FY 2025

Job description

This role is for a Software Development Engineer on an Amazon Special Projects team focused on creating innovative biotechnology products and services. The team emphasizes collaboration, intellectual curiosity, and a startup-like environment. Candidates will work alongside talented scientists and engineers to develop customer-facing solutions. The position values work-life balance and career growth, fostering an inclusive culture.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
  • 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture experience of new and existing systems
  • 1+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications
  • 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience
  • Experience programming with at least one software programming language
  • 3+ years of full software development life cycle experience
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Responsibilities

  • Design and build scalable data-processing pipelines for TBs scale
  • Collaborate closely with research, machine learning, and automation teams to develop new products and support existing ones
  • Experiment and shape the future of the biotech industry
  • Implement engineering excellence mechanisms like CI/CD pipelines and monitoring solutions

Benefits

  • Employees at Amazon are often offered comprehensive health benefits—including multiple medical plan options (no pre-existing condition exclusions, 100% covered in-network preventive care), dental and vision plans, a 24/7 medical advice line from day one, expert second-opinion services, and broad mental-health support with several free counseling sessions (including pediatric). Financial wellness typically includes a 401(k) with company match (up to 2%), Restricted Stock Units (equity), FSAs, an emergency savings program, product and partner discounts, and even college-savings and home-purchase programs. Overall, the package is designed to support employees and their families’ health, finances, and day-to-day life.

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