SDE, Responsible AI at Amazon
Seattle, WA
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Jul 15, 2026
Seattle, WA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A software engineering role focused on building Amazon's internal AI governance platform from the ground up. The work centers on creating distributed systems that automatically discover and catalog AI workloads across Amazon's infrastructure, assess their regulatory risk, and streamline compliance evidence collection. It suits engineers comfortable with ambiguity who want to own architecture on a small, senior team working alongside applied scientists and policy experts.
Mid level · 3+ years · Seattle, WA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 7,900 people in the Seattle, WA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 5,900–10,300
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).
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 is 'Software Development Engineer' with no level modifier — advertised seniority is Unspecified. The Basic Qualifications gate on only 3+ years of professional experience and 1+ year of distributed systems/design work, which maps to a Mid-level role despite the posting's senior-team framing.
The language requirement (C#, C++, Java, or Perl) is stated as a single gated requirement with interchangeable options; Java is used as the primary name with the others listed as alternatives.
'Object-oriented design' and 'distributed systems' are retained as required skills because they appear as explicit, named qualification gates in the Basic Qualifications section — even though they are methodological concepts rather than specific tools, the JD gates on them by name.
Machine Learning, LLMs (transformer architecture, training/inference), and AI coding tools (Claude Code, Kiro, Cursor) all appear under Preferred Qualifications only.
A Bachelor's degree in computer science appears only under Preferred Qualifications, so the degree requirement is set to None.
No location is explicitly stated in the posting; Seattle, WA (Amazon HQ) is inferred as the most likely primary work location for an Amazon corporate SDE role. Remote work is not offered.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): object-oriented design.
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