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Software Development Engineer, Amazon S3, Amazon S3

Amazon

Location

Seattle, WA

Type

Full-time

Posted

5/8/2026

Compensation

$143,700 - $194,400 per year

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Job description

As an SDE in Amazon's Simple Storage Service (S3), you will tackle complex technical challenges at an unprecedented scale, managing trillions of objects while ensuring high data durability. You will work with a team of skilled engineers to design and implement new components that enhance the S3 service. This role emphasizes ownership, requiring you to maintain high standards in test automation and code reviews. Your contributions will directly improve the customer experience and the overall efficiency of the system.

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 software development engineer or related occupational experience
  • 1+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications
  • 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience
  • Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
  • Experience programming with at least one software programming language
  • 3+ years of full software development life cycle experience

Responsibilities

  • Build the services that persist and retrieve customer data in S3.
  • Design and implement new components and improvements to existing services.
  • Collaborate with other engineers to deliver high-quality software.
  • Participate in a regular on-call rotation to support the S3 service.
  • Write code and solve problems at scale, including delivering features and fixing bugs.
  • Add testing to existing code and improve operational tooling.

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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