Application deadline: Jan 30, 2026
Join Device Cloud Services (DCS), the team building the foundational platform that powers millions of Amazon devices worldwide. We're at the forefront of creating critical customer experiences—from the moment a customer unboxes their device to every seamless interaction thereafter. Our engineers work across the full technology stack, from backend web services and mobile SDKs to embedded IoT platforms, solving complex challenges in device onboarding, connectivity infrastructure, over-the-air updates, and data synchronization. If you're passionate about building scalable, reliable systems that directly impact how customers interact with Amazon's entire device ecosystem—from Echo to Kindle to Ring—this is your opportunity to shape the future of connected devices at Amazon scale.
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The Role:

As a senior software development engineer on the team, you will be responsible for leading the architecture, design, development, and launch of core product features. You will have significant influence on our overall strategy by helping define these product features, drive the system architecture, and spearhead the best practices that enable a quality product.
The ideal candidate is passionate about new opportunities and has a demonstrated track record of success in delivering new features and products. A commitment to teamwork, hustle, and strong communication skills (to both business and technical partners) are absolute requirements. Creating reliable, scalable, and high performance products requires exceptional technical expertise, a sound understanding of the fundamentals of Computer Science, and practical experience building large-scale distributed systems. This person has thrived and succeeded in delivering high quality technology products/services and will flourish in an environment where new opportunities and challenges arise frequently. We seek a great team player who will naturally elevate the performance of the people around them.

Responsibilities:

• Work with other senior leaders on the team to build the technical strategy & architecture for a broad area.
• Design & develop world-class software and services.
• Mentor & grow engineers across the team, leading by example and insisting on high standards
• Develop tools & processes to enable best-in-class operations for our services

Basic Qualifications

• 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

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
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  The base salary range for this position is listed below. For salaried roles, your Amazon package will include listed 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 https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits/us-benefits-and-stock.
  Colorado $168,100 - $227,400 annually