Software Dev Engineer III - AMZ9740465 at Amazon
Seattle, WA
$212,202–$227,400from the description
Jul 16, 2026
Seattle, WA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior individual-contributor engineering role focused on architecting and building large-scale, distributed, multi-tiered software systems. Day-to-day work spans the full development lifecycle — from requirements gathering and technical design through implementation, testing, and maintenance — while also providing architectural review and technical leadership across multiple concurrent projects. Suits engineers with a strong background in object-oriented design and distributed programming in Java, C++, or C#.
Senior level · 1+ years · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA · Bachelor's required · Full-time
Advertised as Mid, but the requirements read as Senior.
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 2 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 9,000 people in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 6,700–11,600
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 (7)
The title 'Software Dev Engineer III' maps to a mid-level numeric band (III could be read as Senior in some ladders, but Amazon's SDE III is typically a senior-equivalent level). The level advertised in the title is set to Mid based on the literal 'III' numeric designation, while the actual scope — technical lead, architecture of large-scale distributed systems, design reviews for other engineers — clearly supports Senior.
The formal experience requirement is stated as 1 year post-Master's (or 5 years post-Bachelor's). overall years minimum is set to 1 (the minimum stated), but the 5-year Bachelor's path is the practical floor for most candidates.
The degree requirement is Bachelor's: the JD explicitly accepts a Bachelor's plus 5 years as equivalent to a Master's plus 1 year, so Bachelor's is the minimum hard gate.
The only named technologies in the requirements section are C#, C++, and Java, listed as interchangeable alternatives. 'Distributed programming' and 'Object Oriented Design' are stated as required skill areas rather than named tools, but are included here because they are explicitly gated in the qualifications language.
The 'Preferred Qualifications' section contains no additional content beyond a reference back to the basic requirements, so no preferred skills are extracted.
Compensation is stated as a salary range of $212,202–$227,400/year, with additional equity, sign-on, and benefits possible as part of total compensation.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): object-oriented design.
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