Software Development Engineer, AWS Commerce Platform
Amazon · Seattle, WA
$143,700–$194,400from the description
Jul 10, 2026
Seattle, WA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A software development engineering role on AWS's Commerce Platform, focused on building and maintaining the billing, cost management, and purchasing infrastructure that underpins all AWS services. Day-to-day work involves large-scale distributed systems processing trillions of events monthly, using stream processing, map-reduce, and modern database technologies. Suited to engineers with solid object-oriented design experience and a background in distributed or multi-tiered application development.
Mid level · 3+ years · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 9,300 people in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 7,000–12,100
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 carries no seniority level; the role is classified as Mid based on the 3+ years minimum professional experience requirement and the relatively modest 1-year gates on design and distributed systems.
The degree requirement states 'Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field' with no explicit equivalent-experience substitution, so it is treated as a hard requirement.
The four language options (C#, C++, Java, Perl) are presented as interchangeable alternatives within a single requirement; C# is listed first as the primary name.
Kinesis, EMR, DynamoDB, and Aurora appear only in the role/team narrative ('Our stack' context), not in any requirements section, so they are marked as preferred.
The preferred qualifications section adds 3+ years of full SDLC experience but names no additional concrete technologies beyond what is already captured.
Compensation is quoted as a base salary range of $143,700–$194,400 annually for Seattle, WA, plus sign-on payments and RSUs.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): object-oriented design.
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