Sr. Software Development Engineer, Amazon Connect (AWS) at Amazon
Seattle, WA
$168,100–$227,400from the description
Jul 10, 2026
Seattle, WA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A software development engineering role on the Amazon Connect team, focused on building and maintaining cloud-based contact center infrastructure. Day-to-day work involves designing and coding across the full stack — spanning web, service-oriented architecture, NoSQL databases, and AI/ML systems — with end-to-end ownership from design through production. Suited to experienced engineers comfortable with distributed systems design and technical leadership.
Senior level · 5+ years · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 9,700 people in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 2,850–14,600
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 (6)
The Basic Qualifications require 5+ years of professional software development experience and 5+ years of design/architecture leadership, but name no specific programming language or technology stack — the JD only gestures at 'modern web, SOA, NoSQL databases, AI, ML' in narrative context, so those are marked preferred.
A Bachelor's degree in computer science is listed under Preferred Qualifications only, so the degree requirement is set to None.
The title 'Software Development Engineer' carries no explicit seniority level word, so the title states no level; however, the 5+ years of experience plus design/architecture leadership requirements support a Senior classification.
The posting mentions tech-lead and mentorship experience as a Basic Qualification, but this reads as a scope descriptor for the role rather than a people-management gate — the role is treated as an individual contributor (Senior SDE), not an engineering manager.
Compensation is quoted as a base salary range of $168,100–$227,400 annually for Seattle, WA, with additional sign-on and RSU components 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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