Senior Software Engineer, Programming Foundations, ASBX
Amazon · Seattle, WA
$168,100–$227,400from the description
Jul 2, 2026
Seattle, WA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior hands-on engineering role focused on building and operating Amazon's internal testing infrastructure, including serverless test orchestration, on-demand execution across AWS regions, and load testing systems handling millions of transactions daily. The work also involves developing AI-driven capabilities — such as test generation and failure diagnosis — to support software delivery at scale. The role suits an experienced engineer comfortable balancing direct technical contribution with mentorship and cross-functional collaboration.
Senior level · 5+ years · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 2,150 people in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 1,600–2,800
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
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 JD names no specific programming languages, frameworks, or testing tools — the only concrete technical requirements are years of software development experience, architecture/design leadership experience, and mentorship/tech-lead experience. Skills like 'distributed systems', 'serverless', and 'AWS' are inferred from the role's described day-to-day work (building global-scale test orchestration on AWS) rather than from an explicit required-skills list.
The Bachelor's degree in computer science appears only under Preferred Qualifications and is explicitly qualified as 'or equivalent', so the degree requirement is set to None.
The posting mentions AI-driven testing capabilities and AI systems as core to the team's work, but no specific AI/ML frameworks or tools are named; this is listed as preferred context rather than a hard gate.
CI/CD is implied by the SDLC and testing platform context but is listed only under Preferred Qualifications ('full software development life cycle … build processes, testing, and operations experience').
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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