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Software Development Engineer II, AWS WorkSpaces

Amazon

Location

Seattle, WA

Type

Full-time

Posted

8/18/2026

Compensation

$143,700 - $194,400 per year

Undergraduate with 2+ Years of Experience
H-1B FY202699.1% approval+9% YoY
👑 Elite sponsor

Job description

The role is for a Software Development Engineer (SDE) on the WorkSpaces team within the AWS Applied AI Solutions organization. The team focuses on building intuitive and differentiated business applications that enhance day-to-day operations for millions of companies. The SDE will work on designing and building features for a cloud desktop and interactive streaming platform, ensuring high performance and reliability. This position offers the opportunity to solve complex problems in a rapidly evolving End User Computing market.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
  • 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture experience of new and existing systems
  • Experience programming with at least one software programming language
  • 3+ years of full software development life cycle experience, including coding standards and code reviews
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Responsibilities

  • Design and build features for the cloud desktop and interactive streaming platform from scoping through production.
  • Write clean, maintainable code that runs at scale and optimize real-time streaming paths for latency and reliability.
  • Collaborate with senior engineers on system design and architecture decisions.
  • Participate in code reviews and contribute to operational excellence across the team.
  • Evaluate new approaches to keep the streaming platform best-in-class.

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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