Applied AI / AWS Engineer II at EchoStar
Greenwood Village, CO
$83,160–$118,800from the description
Aug 12, 2026
Greenwood Village, CO
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role sits within EchoStar's Technology Assurance and Performance team and focuses on modernizing QA automation by building AWS-based cloud utilities and integrating Generative and Agentic AI into software delivery pipelines. The engineer will write Python/Java/C# code to create serverless tools (Lambda, API Gateway, S3), extend internal testing applications, and collaborate with globally distributed teams to improve test coverage and fault detection. It suits a software engineer with a QA/automation bent and hands-on AWS and AI tooling experience.
Mid level · 3+ years · Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 80 people in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software quality assurance analysts and testers). range 45–140
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 $126,410 (middle half $97,907–$144,029). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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Why we read it this way (6)
The role title 'Applied AI / AWS Engineer II' maps to a 'II' (Mid) level, consistent with the 3+ years minimum experience requirement.
SOC classification is a genuine judgment call: the role is framed as QA automation (15-1253) but the primary day-to-day work — writing Python/Java/C# code, building serverless AWS utilities, and engineering AI tooling — is closer to software development (15-1252). 15-1253 was chosen because the team is explicitly 'Technology Assurance and Performance' and the stated mission is modernizing QA/testing workflows.
Location is not explicitly stated in the posting; EchoStar/DISH's primary engineering hub is the Denver-Aurora metro area (Englewood, CO HQ). The posting requires at least one in-person interview, implying a physical office location.
A Master's degree in Computer Science or Engineering is listed under 'Additional Qualifications' as preferred; the hard minimum is a Bachelor's degree.
Visa sponsorship is explicitly not available for this role.
Python, Java, and C# are listed as interchangeable programming language options; Python is named first and most prominently. Jenkins and Harness are listed as interchangeable CI/CD tool options.
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