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Software Dev Engineer, CloudFormation Core

Amazon

Location

Seattle, WA

Type

Full-time

Posted

9/24/2026

Compensation

$143,700 - $194,400 per year

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

Job description

Amazon is seeking Software Development Engineers (SDEs) who are passionate about solving business challenges through innovative technology. The role involves collaborating with experienced professionals to design and build advanced and scalable services. SDEs will work in an agile environment, focusing on creating solutions that impact millions of customers globally. This position offers the opportunity to work on industry-defining projects and develop new skills while contributing to Amazon's customer obsession.

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 operations
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams to conceive and design innovative products and services.
  • Design and build technologies in a large distributed computing environment.
  • Create solutions to run predictions on distributed systems at scale.
  • Build scalable, fault-tolerant, and easy to manage distributed storage and query systems.
  • Work in an agile environment to deliver high-quality software.

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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