Senior Software Engineer, Security Services and Observability, Amazon Web Services
AmazonSenior Software Engineer, Security Services and Observability, Amazon Web Services
AmazonLocation
Irvine, CA
Type
Full-time
Posted
10/15/2026
Compensation
$168,100 - $227,400 per year
Job description
This senior engineer role focuses on building and optimizing AI systems that enhance customer operations. You will work within the Field Innovation team at AWS, directly impacting enterprise customers by developing production-grade products powered by advanced AI technologies. The position emphasizes mentorship and technical leadership, allowing you to shape the technical direction of projects. You will engage in complex problem-solving while collaborating with a diverse team of engineers and scientists.
Requirements
- 7+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 7+ years of programming experience with at least one software programming language
- 7+ years of experience leading design or architecture of new and existing systems
- Experience as a mentor or tech lead in an engineering team
- Experience building complex software systems successfully delivered to customers
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- Experience in machine learning, data mining, or natural language processing
- Experience developing and managing AI products at scale
- Experience with the AWS platform or related technologies
- Experience working in a customer-facing environment
Responsibilities
- Set the technical direction for projects and mentor engineers on the team.
- Build orchestration layers for multi-agent systems and workflow automation.
- Integrate foundation models and customer data sources into cohesive AI experiences.
- Optimize systems for latency, reliability, observability, cost, and security.
- Lead design for systems that enterprise customers depend on.
- Collaborate with customers to understand their operations and needs.
- Turn discovered patterns into reusable accelerators for the FDE practice.
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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