Location
Seattle, WA
Type
Full-time
Posted
9/22/2026
Compensation
$143,700 - $194,400 per year
Job description
The Software Development Engineer role at Amazon involves building AWS AI services utilizing machine learning and LLM technology. You will work with a team of engineers and scientists to develop innovative AI solutions in the Information Retrieval space. The position emphasizes collaboration, system architecture, and mentoring junior engineers. This is an opportunity to influence strategy and work with cutting-edge technologies in a fast-paced environment.
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
- 1+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- Experience in machine learning, data mining, information retrieval, statistics or natural language processing
- Experience building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, and deploy distributed machine learning systems and large-scale solutions
- Collaborate closely with the team to influence overall strategy and define the team’s road map
- Drive the system architecture and spearhead best practices for quality products
- Coach and develop junior engineers
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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