Software Development Engineer, AWS Lambda
Amazon · Seattle, WA
$143,700–$194,400from the description
Jul 17, 2026
Seattle, WA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A software engineering role on the AWS Lambda data plane team, focused on building and scaling the core infrastructure that runs serverless workloads at global scale. Day-to-day work involves distributed systems, low-latency request handling, microservices architecture, and operational reliability. Suited to engineers with a background in large-scale, multi-tiered systems who are comfortable working across multiple programming languages.
Mid level · 3+ years · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA · Bachelor's required · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 8,500 people in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 6,400–11,000
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
What the occupation pays Median $170,959 (middle half $135,720–$216,519). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
The role title is a plain 'Software Engineer' with no level modifier; advertised seniority is treated as Unspecified.
The hard experience gate is 3+ years of professional software development, which anchors this at Mid-level despite the broad scope language around large-scale distributed systems.
The language requirement (C#, C++, Java, or Perl) is stated as 1+ years with any one of the four being acceptable; C# is listed first and the others are captured as alternatives.
The 'distributed systems' skill is derived from the required qualification around 'large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications'; it is a conceptual gate rather than a named tool, but it is the closest concrete characterization of the hard requirement stated.
gRPC and microservices appear only in the narrative/role-description section (not under Basic Qualifications), so they are marked preferred.
The degree requirement is a Bachelor's in CS, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field listed under Basic Qualifications; 'or foreign equivalent' is included but no explicit 'or equivalent experience' substitution is offered, so the degree requirement is set to Bachelors.
Compensation is quoted as an annual base salary range of $143,700–$194,400 for Seattle, WA, plus sign-on and RSUs per the posting.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): object-oriented design.
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