Sr Software Development Engineer, Digital Acceleration at Amazon
Bellevue, WA
$168,100–$227,400from the description
Jul 9, 2026
Bellevue, WA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior engineering role focused on designing and building automation frameworks, testing tools, and quality systems for the platforms that handle digital purchases — including subscriptions for Prime, Kindle, Audible, Music, and Video. The work involves architecting solutions for unit, functional, and performance testing, incorporating generative AI into development and testing practices, and influencing quality standards across multiple engineering teams. Suits an experienced engineer with a strong background in Java, distributed systems, and test strategy.
Senior level · 5+ years · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 2,600 people in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 1,950–3,400
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
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)
This role sits at the intersection of software development and test/quality engineering — the JD explicitly calls for building test automation frameworks, defining automation strategy, and driving a GenAI-powered testing culture, while also requiring strong software development fundamentals (Java, data structures, distributed systems). 15-1252 (Software Developers) was chosen as primary because the role is building production-grade services and automation tooling, not executing test scripts; 15-1253 (QA Analysts and Testers) is a genuine runner-up given the heavy test-automation and quality-strategy emphasis.
The JD lists 'algorithms and data structures' and 'system design / architecture' as named competency requirements rather than specific tools; they are included here because the JD explicitly gates on them by name in the Basic Qualifications section.
GenAI appears prominently in the role narrative and 'day in the life' section but is not listed as a hard gate in Basic or Preferred Qualifications — treated as preferred.
High-traffic scalable services experience is explicitly called 'a plus' in the JD — treated as preferred.
Bachelor's degree in computer science is listed under Preferred Qualifications only, so the degree requirement is set to None.
Compensation is quoted as a base salary range for Bellevue, WA; the package also includes sign-on payments and RSUs per the posting.
Ignored 3 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): algorithms and data structures, system design, high-traffic scalable services.
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