Software Development Engineer, Kiro

The future of software development is autonomous. AWS is building Kiro - a frontier developer tool that independently tackles development tasks maintains context across interactions and continuously learns from its work. This isnt just another AI tool; its a fundamental shift in how software gets built and maintained.

Were looking for engineers who want to shape this transformation. Youll work alongside exceptional talent solving novel problems at the intersection of AI and software engineering. The challenges are unique: building systems that operate autonomously feel fast and natural to use integrate cleanly with the tools and workflows developers already rely on and meet AWSs exacting standards for scale reliability and security.

Your impact will be immediate and visible. Youll ship features that directly improve how developers work. Daily collaboration includes code reviews mentorship in both directions and rapid skill development. From day one youll have opportunities to lead - whether thats owning projects defining technical direction or shaping how the team operates.

Live in the terminal If youve built command-line or terminal-based tools and care deeply about user-experience shell responsiveness and cross-platform behavior this is the perfect opportunity for you.

This is your chance to build the agent that builds the future.


Key job responsibilities
Youll shape the technical direction and architecture of Kiro. Working directly with customers youll uncover real-world development challenges and translate them into product capabilities - staying true to Amazons customer-obsessed approach. Youll build and operate production systems using industry-leading CI/CD practices ensuring Kiro maintains the reliability and performance our customers depend on.

Your responsibilities span the full lifecycle: from architectural decisions that define how an agent manages sessions state and context to hands-on development of features that transform how software gets built. Youll care deeply about responsiveness ergonomics and cross-platform behavior - the details that make a developer tool feel great to use - while balancing innovation with operational excellence and AWSs standards for scale and security.

About the team
Diverse Experiences
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- 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

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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