Software Development Engineer, Devices Software & Services
AmazonSoftware Development Engineer, Devices Software & Services
AmazonLocation
Irvine, CA
Type
Full-time
Posted
9/26/2026
Compensation
$143,700 - $194,400 per year
Job description
The Amazon Devices Software & Services team is seeking a Software Development Engineer II to contribute to innovative AI-driven customer experiences. This role focuses on building core software components that enhance user interaction with technology across various platforms. The engineer will work in a fast-paced environment, utilizing AI tools to ensure high-quality software development. The position emphasizes hands-on engineering, design decisions, and collaboration across teams to create reliable and scalable products.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 2+ years of experience contributing to new and current systems architecture and design
- Knowledge of professional software engineering best practices for the full software development life cycle
- Experience with industry standard tools and scripting languages such as Python or Perl for automation
Responsibilities
- Invent new paradigms to build 'Ambient Intelligence' experiences across multiple devices.
- Rapidly prototype, test, and deploy features that utilize multimodal inputs.
- Ensure continuity of customer experience across different device boundaries.
- Design, build, test, and operate scalable backend services and libraries.
- Integrate and harden model providers and tools behind clean interfaces.
- Build evaluation and regression tooling to measure AI behavior.
- Apply security-conscious design to all components interacting with user data.
- Work alongside AI coding assistants to maintain high engineering standards.
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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