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# Software Development Engineer, (Level 5)

- **Company:** Amazon.com, Inc.
- **Location:** Seattle, WA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $143,700.0 - $194,400.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, C Sharp (Programming Language), C++ (Programming Language), Code Review, Computer Programming, Software Design Patterns, Networking Hardware, Object-Oriented Software Development, Software Engineering, Computer Network Operations, Information Technology, Build Process, Software Coding, Software Version Control
- **Published:** August 18, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.jobmonkeyjobs.com/career/27943298/Software-Development-Engineer-Level-5-Washington-Seattle-7375

## About the Role

We're looking for someone who is highly autonomous, detail oriented, possessing strong written and verbal communication skills and has significant experience working at scale. Software Development Engineers work hand-in-hand with System and Network Development Engineers, Network Operations and peer software teams to ensure designs are scalable, reduce operational burden, integrate with the existing tooling and maintain our customer focus., Experience building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers

 - Experience designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems
 - Experience with full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
 - Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design, Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

## Description

Amazon is seeking a Software Development Engineer for our AWS Networking organization to join a team designing and developing software and services required to configure and automate networking devices. The successful candidate will help us scope, design, build and operate services that exceed our customer expectations., A Software Development Engineer (SDE) on the team is expected to operate autonomously, deliver projects that have scope at the team or cross team level, interact with other teams understand their needs or integrate with their systems. Daily activities for this role will include driving designs for components and services that deliver new features and capabilities, preparing estimates for upcoming deliverables, document proposed solutions, reviewing code of other members, writing well structured and optimized code, performing root cause analysis on operational events, providing project updates to leadership and other team members.


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