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# Sr Software Engineer, AWS Managed Backend Services

- **Company:** Amazon.com, Inc.
- **Location:** Seattle, WA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Internship / Graduate position
- **Skills:** Adobe InDesign, Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Computer Programming, Databases, Relational Databases, Identity and Access Management, Network Control, OAuth, OpenID, Software Engineering, Data Storage Management, Change Data Capture, Backend, Software Coding
- **Published:** August 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://us.experteer.com/career/view-jobs/sr-software-engineer-aws-managed-backend-services-seattle-wa-usa-58850168

## About the Role

of define SDKs, CLI tools, and tooling to integrate AI agents and MCP-based workflows * Technical Leadership: lead multi-engineer projects, participate in design reviews, mentor engineers, and influence technical roadmap Tasks * 5+ years of non-internship software development experience * 5+ years of programming experience in at least one language * 5+ years of leading design or architecture of complex systems * Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or leading an engineering team * Experience delivering complex software systems to customers Key requirements * sign-on payments and RSUs * health insurance (medical, dental, vision) * 401(k) matching * paid time off * parential leave * disability and life insurance

## Description

Experteer Overview Join AWS to help craft a greenfield, fully-managed backend platform that unifies databases, authentication, and other functions for developers. You will shape a scalable, multi-tenant control plane and edge-case-rich backend services, enabling AI-assisted development at scale. You'll collaborate across teams to deliver a cohesive developer experience and drive technically ambitious initiatives. This role offers hands-on coding, architecture leadership, and high-impact delivery in a fast-moving AWS environment. Compensation / Benefits * Control Plane Architecture: design and build scalable, multi-tenant orchestration of backend resources across regions * Database & Storage Services: implement managed relational DB capabilities including schema management, migrations, RLS, and real-time change data capture * Authentication & Authorization: develop IAM services with OAuth/OIDC, social login, JWT management, and multi-tenant isolation * AI-Native Developer Experience: define SDKs, CLI tools, and tooling to integrate AI agents and MCP-based workflows * Technical Leadership: lead multi-engineer projects, participate in design reviews, mentor engineers, and influence technical roadmap Tasks * 5+ years of non-internship software development experience * 5+ years of programming experience in at least one language * 5+ years of leading design or architecture of complex systems * Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or leading an engineering team * Experience delivering complex software systems to customers Key requirements * sign-on payments and RSUs * health insurance (medical, dental, vision) * 401(k) matching * paid time off * parential leave * disability and life insurance


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