senior Software Engineer ic · Posted May 12, 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 AWS, LLMs, Distributed Systems, System Design. 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 12, 2026

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Job description

from Amazon careers

Do you ever wonder how the packages show up at your door when you ordered from Amazon?Amazon's global fulfillment business is one of the largest and most complex operations in the world. Our technologically advanced warehouses and a fleet of Robots are at the center. They form the invisible back half of Amazon that magically turns your click of a button into a product at your door. Quality Technology Service is a key part of that solution, enabling the flow of inventory into and out of warehouses for a shipment. Are you ready for a challenge? Would you like to use your engineering or computer science background to optimize and solve complex problem's? Are you interested in building algorithms and platform that help deploy Robots at scale? As a Sr. Software Development Engineer, you will be responsible to develop our next generation of systems, work that includes scaling our systems to handle hundreds of thousands of concurrent transactions. The candidate in this role will have an opportunity to own design and development of distributed systems on AWS platform. You will influence system design and implementation to ensure the best user experience for maximum adoption. You will contribute to a wide…

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