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Software Development Engineer, Specialist AI Tooling, Specialist Technology Team

Amazon

Location

Austin, TX

Type

Full-time

Posted

9/17/2026

Compensation

$143,700 - $213,800 per year

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

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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