Software Development Engineer, Device OS at Amazon
Seattle, WA
$143,700–$194,400from the description
Jul 17, 2026
Seattle, WA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A mid-to-senior software engineering role focused on cloud development using AWS services, infrastructure-as-code (CDK), CI/CD pipelines, and containerized applications deployed across multiple regions. The engineer owns end-to-end design and development for specific features, conducts code and design reviews, and provides technical guidance to junior team members. The broader project also spans embedded/device-side development alongside the cloud work.
Mid level · 3+ years · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 8,300 people in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 3,500–12,500
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 (6)
The job title is not provided in the posting; the role is described generically as a software engineer on a large-scale AWS cloud project.
AWS, CI/CD, and CDK are called out explicitly and repeatedly in the role description and responsibilities, making them clear hard requirements even though the Basic Qualifications section only broadly requires 'at least one software programming language' and system design experience — no specific language or framework is named as a hard gate.
The 3+ years requirement is the role-level experience gate from Basic Qualifications; the 2+ years of design/architecture experience is a secondary gate at the role level, not tied to a named technology.
The degree requirement states 'Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field' with no 'or equivalent experience' escape clause, so it is treated as a hard requirement.
Compensation is quoted as an annual base salary range of $143,700–$194,400 for Seattle, WA, plus sign-on and RSUs.
The alt SOC (15-1244) is noted because the role includes significant infrastructure/cloud operations work (monitoring, operational excellence, pipeline management), but the primary emphasis on feature development, CDK coding, and cloud application development makes 15-1252 the stronger fit.
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