Software Development Engineer III, S3 Greensight

Are you a builder who thrives on designing software systems that operate at massive scale Do you want your work to directly shape experiences for millions of customers As a Software Development Engineer III at Amazon you will lead the design and delivery of complex software systems working across multiple teams to solve problems that dont yet have a defined technology strategy. You will own your teams architectural direction balancing competing constraints to create solutions that are extensible performant and secure. Your technical judgment will guide critical decisions while you mentor and grow the engineers around you. If youre energized by ambiguity motivated by impact and ready to raise the bar on software quality wed love to hear from you.

Key job responsibilities
- Lead the design implementation and delivery of multi-feature software systems spanning the full development lifecycle from defining product strategy through deployment and ongoing maintenance.
- Own your teams architectural direction by evaluating tradeoffs across scalability maintainability performance and security and influence technical decisions in systems your team depends on.
- Drive engineering best practices across your team writing exemplary code that others emulate and conducting design reviews that ensure software is well-structured and coherent.
- Mentor and coach multiple engineers providing technical guidance and career development support to strengthen your teams capabilities over time.
- Identify opportunities to simplify existing systems reduce technical debt and apply modern design patterns including evaluating where generative artificial intelligence tools can augment productivity and quality.

A day in the life
You might start your morning reviewing a technical design document from a teammate providing feedback that sharpens the approach before implementation begins. By mid-morning youre deep in code building a critical component or prototyping a new interface that defines the boundaries between services. After lunch you join a cross-team discussion to align on an integration point navigating conflicting requirements to find the simplest viable path forward. Later you pair with a junior engineer to walk through a tricky problem turning it into a coaching moment that builds their confidence and skills.

About the team
Our team is focused on building software that matters systems that serve customers at scale and evolve to meet tomorrows challenges. We value collaboration technical rigor and a genuine commitment to each others growth. We believe the best solutions come from inclusive teams where every voice is heard and good ideas can come from anywhere. If youre looking for a place where your engineering leadership will have real impact and where youll be surrounded by people who push you to do your best work this is the team for you.

- 5 years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 5 years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
- 5 years of leading design or architecture (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience as a mentor tech lead or leading an engineering team

- 5 years of full software development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing and operations experience
- Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at WA Seattle - 168100.00 - 227400.00 USD annually