Software Development Engineer II, AWS AI & Strategic Partner Engineering at Amazon
Seattle, WA
$143,700–$194,400from the description
Jul 2, 2026
Seattle, WA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A software development engineering role focused on building integrations between AWS-native services and strategic partners such as SAP, spanning security, AI/ML pipelines, distributed systems, and cloud infrastructure. The work involves designing architectures, prototyping with large language models and autonomous agents, and owning solutions from design through deployment. It suits engineers comfortable operating across multiple technical domains in fast-moving, ambiguous environments.
Senior level · 4+ years · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 9,100 people in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 6,900–11,900
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.
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 the title states no level; however, the 4+ years of professional experience requirement, full-stack ownership, and mentoring responsibilities support a Senior classification.
The Basic Qualifications require 'at least one software programming language' without naming any specific language, so no individual language is emitted as a hard gate.
CI/CD (listed as 'continuous deployments') appears in the Basic Qualifications block alongside coding standards, code reviews, and source control management — all treated as required engineering practices.
AWS services (EC2, S3, VPC) and AI/ML capabilities (LLMs, Agentic AI, distributed systems) appear primarily in the role narrative and Preferred Qualifications, not in the Basic Qualifications gate, so they are marked preferred.
The degree requirement states 'Bachelor's degree or equivalent' — because equivalent experience is explicitly accepted, the degree requirement is set to None.
Compensation is quoted as an annual base salary range of $143,700–$194,400 for Seattle, WA, with additional sign-on and RSUs noted but not quantified.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): software development, system design.
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