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[Remote] Software Dev Engineer III, Programming Foundations

Remote Full-time Now Hiring

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Software Development Engineer to join its Programming Foundations Team within Amazon Builder Experience. The role focuses on designing and building developer tools, maintaining programming languages, libraries, build tools, compilers, package managers, and repository mirrors, while collaborating with engineers across Amazon to improve developer productivity and reliability.

Responsibilities

  • You will design and build developer tools that Amazon engineers use every day
  • You will work with the languages and libraries that power Amazon's services, making them easier to use and more reliable
  • You will help maintain our build tools, compilers and package managers
  • You will work on our 3PSW repository mirrors
  • You will collaborate with engineers across Amazon to understand their pain points and build tools that address them
  • You will write code, review code from teammates, and help others debug issues with our tools

Skills

  • 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
  • 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

Benefits

  • Sign-on payments
  • Restricted stock units (RSUs)
  • Health insurance, including medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Mental Health Support
  • Medical Advice Line
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
  • 401(k) matching
  • Paid time off
  • Parental leave

Company Overview

  • Launched in 2006, Amazon Web Services (AWS) began exposing key infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services -- now widely known as cloud computing. It was founded in 2002, and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is http://aws.amazon.com.
  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 7552 in 2026, 22803 in 2025, 21175 in 2024, 19057 in 2023, 24088 in 2022, 12233 in 2021, 14881 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.