SDE II, Life Sciences Applied AI
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 software development role on a small, early-stage team within AWS building an enterprise application that coordinates multiple AI agents to support clinical trial workflows, spanning planning, monitoring, and regulatory submission. The work involves designing and developing complex features in close collaboration with product, science, and UX counterparts. It suits an engineer comfortable with ambiguity and early-stage product development.
Mid level · 3+ years · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 13,500 people in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 5,700–20,200
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 (7)
The Basic Qualifications are extremely sparse — only 3+ years of professional software development experience, 2+ years of design/architecture experience, and proficiency in at least one programming language are hard-gated. No specific language, framework, or tool is named as required.
The posting describes building an AI agent orchestration platform for clinical trials on AWS, but no specific technologies (languages, frameworks, cloud services) are listed as requirements anywhere in the JD.
AWS and AI agents appear only in the narrative/product description sections, not in any requirements block — listed here as preferred to reflect the team's domain context.
A Bachelor's degree in computer science is listed under Preferred Qualifications only, so the degree requirement is set to None.
The title is 'SDE' (Software Development Engineer) with no level suffix, so advertised seniority is Unspecified. The 3-year minimum and relatively light requirements support a Mid-level classification.
Compensation is quoted as an annual base salary range of $143,700–$194,400 for Seattle, WA, plus sign-on and RSUs per the posting.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): software development, system design.
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