Software Dev Engineer 2, REX
Amazon · Bellevue, WA
$143,700–$194,400from the description
Jul 17, 2026
Bellevue, WA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A software development engineering role focused on building and maintaining large-scale transactional notification and package tracking systems. Day-to-day work spans sprint participation, code review, stakeholder collaboration, and mentoring junior engineers, with an emphasis on scalable, distributed architecture. Suited to engineers with several years of professional experience in object-oriented design and distributed systems.
Mid level · 3+ years · Bellevue, WA · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 12,000 people in the Bellevue, WA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 9,000–15,600
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 title carries no seniority level ('SDE' is Amazon's generic engineer title). The requirements gate on 3+ years of professional software development experience and 1+ years of distributed systems design — consistent with a Mid-level engineer. The role also mentions mentoring SDE1s, which is typical of SDE2 (Mid) at Amazon.
The language requirement (C#, C++, Java, or Perl) is listed as a single interchangeable gate; C# is used as the primary name with the others captured as alternatives.
The degree requirement is a hard gate: 'Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field' appears in Basic Qualifications. Because equivalent experience is NOT offered as a substitute, this is treated as a hard degree requirement.
The Preferred Qualifications section lists 3+ years of full SDLC experience and a CS bachelor's degree — both treated as preferred since they appear under that secondary heading.
Compensation includes sign-on payments and RSUs in addition to the stated base salary range.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): object-oriented design.
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