Software Development Engineer, Amazon Application Recovery Controller at Amazon
Seattle, WA
$143,700–$194,400from the description
Jul 10, 2026
Seattle, WA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A software engineering role on the Amazon Application Recovery Controller team, focused on building and maintaining large-scale distributed systems that help customers recover applications during outages. Day-to-day work spans design, implementation, testing, and deployment of highly available services across global infrastructure. The role suits engineers with solid backend development experience who are comfortable working across the full development lifecycle and mentoring peers.
Mid level · 3+ years · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 44,900 people in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 26,900–67,500
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.
What the occupation pays Median $167,280 (middle half $132,800–$211,860). 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 (5)
The Basic Qualifications are unusually sparse — only 3+ years of professional software development, 2+ years of design/architecture experience, and 'at least one programming language' are hard-gated. No specific language, framework, or technology is named as required anywhere in the posting.
The Preferred Qualifications add full SDLC experience and a Bachelor's degree in computer science, but both are explicitly preferred and the degree is listed as 'or equivalent', so neither is a hard gate.
The role is titled simply 'Software Engineer' (no level modifier), but the 3-year minimum and mid-level scope of the requirements support a Mid classification despite the senior-sounding narrative around distributed systems and mentoring.
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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