senior Software Engineer ic · Posted May 6, 2026
$168,100 – $227,400
USD per year

About this role

Amazon is hiring a senior-level Software Engineer based in Austin, TX. The posting calls out experience with RAG, Distributed Systems, System Design, Security. Compensation is listed at $168,100–$227,400 per year.

Role
Software Engineer
Function
software engineering
Level
senior
Track
Individual contributor
Employment
Full-time
Location
Austin, TX
Department
Software Development
Posted
May 6, 2026

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Job description

from Amazon careers

What happens when you combine startup speed with Amazon-scale impact? You get this team. Amazon Enterprise Security Products is a newly launched group building intelligent, cloud-agnostic security tools using AI-first development practices. Here, you build AI and you build with AI — at the same time. This is not a traditional SDE role. It's a chance to shape the future of security tooling with a small, fast team that ships like a startup and deploys like Amazon. Key job responsibilities Architect and drive AI powered security products end to end: Lead technical vision, system design, and production delivery of large scale, distributed systems that protect Amazon Business Customers. Set architectural direction and make high judgment decisions that shape the product roadmap. Leverage agentic AI development practices to accelerate every phase. Own cross team technical leadership: Drive execution across multiple teams and stakeholders. Decompose complex, ambiguous problems into actionable plans, unblock dependencies, and deliver cross team initiatives on time and at quality. Define and advance AI/ML capabilities: Lead the design of agentic systems, RAG architectures, conversational interfaces, and intelligent automation pipelines. Evaluate emerging AI capabilities and make strategic build versus buy decisions. Champion AI assisted engineering practices: Establish the team's AI…

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