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Principal, Senior Principal and Distinguished Engineer, AWS Agentic AI

Amazon

Location

Seattle, WA

Type

Full-time

Posted

5/8/2026

Compensation

$200,100 - $270,600 per year

Undergraduate with 5+ Years of Experience
H-1B FY202699.1% approval+9% YoY
👑 Elite sponsor

Job description

Agentic AI at AWS is seeking exceptional Principal Engineers to lead the development of next-generation AI agent platforms, services, and tools. This role involves tackling complex challenges in the Generative AI space while delivering high-impact technical projects. The team is focused on building scalable, efficient, and fault-tolerant systems that enhance customer experiences. Candidates will have the opportunity to shape technology and drive innovation in a fast-paced environment.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of design and development engineering experience.
  • Experience collaborating across multiple organizations and influencing key outcomes.
  • Experience as a technical leader of multiple concurrent projects, driving strategic technical decisions.
  • Experience designing, building, and operating large scale, highly available, secure cloud infrastructure.
  • Experience with AI software systems including Agents.

Responsibilities

  • Deliver high-impact technical projects and architect software systems built to scale.
  • Build trend-setting AWS services in the Generative AI field.
  • Deliver strategic technical projects that have significant bottom-line impact.
  • Design and architect large-scale systems that are scalable, efficient, and fault tolerant.
  • Provide technical leadership by mentoring engineers and guiding complex technical decisions.
  • Work across domains including compute, databases, networking, identity, and ML science teams.

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.

H-1B filing history

Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026

Filing entity: Amazon Com Services Llc

As of Aug 23, 2026

Initial approvals

3,290

FY2026

Approval rate

99.1%

FY2026

LCA certified

32,937

FY2026

Entry-level share

10.6%

FY2026

Initial approvals YoY

+9%

Trend

LCA certified YoY

-44%

Trend

Initial approvals by fiscal year

Approval rate by fiscal year

Continuing vs initial approvals

LCA certified positions by quarter

LCA certified positions by fiscal year

Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.

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