Software Development Engineer , IDEAS - Atlas at Amazon
Seattle, WA
$143,700–$194,400from the description
Jul 14, 2026
Seattle, WA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A software engineering role on an internal data platform team building a centralized reference system for core business data that supports AWS sales and field operations. Day-to-day work spans designing distributed microservices and big-data pipelines, applying machine learning to large-scale data problems, and contributing across the full development lifecycle within a Scrum team — all using a range of AWS-native services. Suits engineers with solid backend and systems design experience.
Mid level · 3+ years · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 670 people in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 500–880
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
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 (7)
The title 'Software Development Engineer' carries no explicit seniority level, so advertised seniority is Unspecified. The minimum experience gate is 3+ years of professional software development, which maps to a Mid-level role.
The degree requirement states 'Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent' — because equivalent experience is explicitly accepted, this is treated as no hard degree requirement.
All AWS service mentions (Glue, S3, Redshift, DynamoDB, Elasticsearch, Lambda, SQS, SNS, API Gateway) appear in the job responsibilities narrative ('Apply AWS technologies such as…'), not in a formal requirements section, so they are marked preferred.
Machine learning, microservices, and container/distributed architectures are described as responsibilities/context rather than gated qualifications, so they are marked preferred.
The 3+ years of full SDLC experience listed under Preferred Qualifications is a preferred signal, not a hard gate; it is not separately surfaced as a skill since it names no specific technology.
Compensation includes sign-on payments and RSUs in addition to the stated base salary range.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): software development, system design.
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