Software Dev Engineer II, AWS Transactional Services (Database & Distributed Systems) at Amazon
Seattle, WA
$143,700–$194,400from the description
Jul 9, 2026
Seattle, WA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role sits within a small AWS team responsible for the distributed log and database systems that underpin core AWS services at massive scale. Day-to-day work involves designing, implementing, and operating high-throughput, strongly consistent storage infrastructure — including next-generation data export services and large-scale storage migrations. It suits a mid-level software engineer with a genuine interest in distributed systems and database internals who is comfortable owning projects end-to-end and mentoring junior colleagues.
Mid level · 3+ years · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 33,900 people in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 25,400–44,000
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 (6)
The role is titled 'SDE-II', Amazon's internal designation for a Software Development Engineer Level II, which maps to a Mid-level engineer — advertised and required seniority both align at Mid.
Basic Qualifications are unusually thin on named technologies: the only hard gates are years of professional software development experience (3+), years of design/architecture experience (2+), and proficiency in at least one programming language — no specific language is named, so no language skill was emitted.
Preferred Qualifications name no specific technologies either; they describe practices (SDLC, code reviews, debugging, profiling) rather than concrete tools, so no preferred skills were extracted from that section.
AWS services (S3, EC2, DynamoDB, Kinesis) appear only in the role narrative/context, not as gated requirements; AWS is listed as preferred context rather than a hard gate.
The compensation range ($143,700–$194,400/year) is explicitly for the Seattle, WA location; Amazon notes final pay depends on experience, qualifications, and location. Sign-on payments and RSUs are also part of the package.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): software development.
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