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Software Development Engineer, Agentic Workspaces - Watchtower

Amazon

Location

Seattle, WA

Type

Full-time

Posted

9/15/2026

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 Software Development Engineer will be part of the AWS Applied AI Solutions organization, focusing on designing, building, and operating services that secure and maintain WorkSpaces for both humans and AI agents. The role involves end-to-end delivery of features within the Watchtower team, emphasizing high availability, latency, and security. Candidates should be customer-obsessed and capable of solving complex technical problems while enhancing the skills of their peers. This position offers the opportunity to impact over a million users daily by innovating in operating systems, identity, and AI.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
  • 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture experience of new and existing systems
  • 2+ years of experience designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications
  • 2+ 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

  • Design, build, and operate services that secure and maintain WorkSpaces
  • Own end-to-end delivery of features and systems within Watchtower
  • Drive incremental system optimizations and raise the bar for operational excellence
  • Enhance the skills and expertise of team members
  • Solve challenging problems in operating systems, identity, AI, and desktop platform engineering

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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