Software Development Engineer, Global Tax Services - Data at Amazon
Seattle, WA
$143,700–$194,400from the description
Jul 2, 2026
Seattle, WA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A software engineering role embedded within Amazon's tax technology group, building and maintaining internal tools that support the Direct Tax Reporting and Compliance organization. Day-to-day work spans designing scalable systems, owning specific processes and parts of the technology toolset, and collaborating with tax professionals to translate complex compliance requirements into reliable software solutions. Suits engineers with solid design and architecture experience who are comfortable working across multiple stakeholder teams.
Mid level · 3+ years · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 20,200 people in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 8,500–30,300
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 posting lists two locations with identical salary bands: Seattle, WA and Arlington, VA. The primary location is stated as Seattle in the body text; Arlington is listed only in the compensation section.
Basic Qualifications require 3+ years of professional software development experience and 2+ years of design/architecture experience, plus proficiency in at least one programming language — but no specific language is named, so no named-technology skill can be extracted for the language requirement.
All Preferred Qualifications (full SDLC experience, Bachelor's degree in CS, 3+ years of architecture/design) are listed under a 'Preferred Qualifications' heading and are treated accordingly. The degree is only preferred, not required.
The role is domain-specific (tax technology / internal tooling for Amazon's Direct Tax Reporting & Compliance org) but the technical requirements are entirely generic — no specific languages, frameworks, or tools are named anywhere in the posting, making the skills list unusually sparse.
Compensation includes sign-on payments and RSUs in addition to the stated base salary range.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): software development, system design.
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