Software Development Engineer, Supply Chain Optimization Technologies at Amazon
Bellevue, WA
$143,700–$194,400from the description
Jul 16, 2026
Bellevue, WA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A software engineering role focused on building and optimizing the systems that direct inventory movement across Amazon's fulfillment network. Day-to-day work involves designing distributed, high-throughput services that solve large-scale logistics optimization problems, including routing and placement of goods across many fulfillment nodes. Suits engineers with solid backend and systems design experience who have an interest in applying optimization and AI to physical supply chain operations.
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 role title is a generic 'Software Development Engineer' with no level modifier, so advertised seniority is Unspecified. The minimum experience gate is 3+ years of professional software development, which maps to Mid-level.
The language requirement (C#, C++, Java, or Perl) is stated as a hard gate with 1+ years; C# is listed as the primary name with the others captured as alternatives since the JD treats them as interchangeable options satisfying the same requirement.
The degree requirement is a Bachelor's in CS, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field — no 'or equivalent experience' language is used, so it is treated as a hard gate.
Compensation is quoted as an annual base salary range of $143,700–$194,400 for the Bellevue, WA location; the posting notes that sign-on payments and RSUs are also included but are not quantified.
The preferred qualifications section adds 3+ years of full SDLC experience and a BS in CS, but these are framed as preferred and name no distinct technology, so no additional skills are emitted from that section.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): object-oriented design.
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