Software Development Engineer, Specialist AI Tooling, Specialist Technology Team
AmazonSoftware Development Engineer, Specialist AI Tooling, Specialist Technology Team
AmazonLocation
Austin, TX
Type
Full-time
Posted
9/17/2026
Compensation
$143,700 - $213,800 per year
Job description
The AWS Specialist Technology Team is looking for a Software Development Engineer to join their AI Tooling engineering team. This role focuses on building AI-native solutions that enhance the expertise of AWS technical specialists and improve customer engagement. The engineer will work on interconnected products that power the intelligence layer of AWS's specialist ecosystem. The position offers the opportunity to create impactful AI systems that serve thousands of users daily.
Requirements
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 2+ years of design or architecture experience for new and existing systems
- 1+ years of experience as a software development engineer or in a related role
- 1+ years of experience designing and developing large-scale software applications using C#, C++, Java, or Perl
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language
- 3+ years of experience in the full software development life cycle
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
Responsibilities
- Design and implement production agentic AI systems using LLMs and knowledge graphs.
- Build and optimize GenAI-powered pipelines for summarization and intelligent routing.
- Develop prompt engineering strategies and evaluation frameworks for production LLM systems.
- Implement embedding and retrieval strategies for a knowledge base.
- Design and build scalable distributed systems and APIs for the TFC Hub platform.
- Drive operational excellence for production services, including CI/CD and incident response.
- Contribute to technical strategy and architecture decisions.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to translate customer problems into technical 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.
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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