Software Dev Engineer III, Amazon Private Brands, APB Tech

DESCRIPTION:

The Amazon Private Brands (APB) team is building the shared data, workflow, and AI agent platform that powers the next generation of APB products. As a Software Dev Engineer III on the team, you'll own and evolve core platform capabilities - from dynamic data management and task orchestration to AI agent infrastructure built on Amazon Bedrock. You'll work across the full stack, influence technical direction, and partner closely with consuming teams to ensure platform scales to meet the org's needs.

Beyond technical depth, we're looking for someone who operates with high ownership and broad impact. The right candidate doesn't just execute - they identify what needs to be built, align stakeholders, and drive it to completion. They make the engineers around them better and leave the codebase in a better state than they found it.

Key job responsibilities
- Design, build, and operate high-availability backend services in Java on AWS (ECS, RDS, EventBridge, Lambda)
- Own the technical roadmap for one or more platform areas - data management, task lifecycle, or agent infrastructure
- Drive architecture decisions and write design docs that influence how APB teams build on top of platform
- Lead cross-team integrations, defining APIs and contracts that downstream teams depend on
- Mentor junior engineers and raise the technical bar through code reviews, design feedback, and engineering standards
- Partner with product and leadership to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions
- Operate what you build - own your services through on-call, monitoring, and incident response

About the team
The team builds and operates the shared platform that APB teams rely on to move fast. We own the data, task management, and AI agent infrastructure that powers products across the org - so the work we do has broad, direct impact. We're a small, high-ownership team that values technical depth, clear thinking, and building things that last. If you like working on foundational systems that other engineers build on top of, this is the right place.

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
- Experience in written and verbal communication with the ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner to executives and non-technical leaders

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

- Experience with enterprise-scale infrastructure or development-based cloud programs/projects in a related industry
- Experience integrating with or building on top of LLM/AI agent frameworks (Bedrock, Strands, MCP)
- Track record of owning a service end-to-end from design through production operation
- Usage of generative AI tools to enhance workflow efficiency, with a willingness to learn effective prompting and evaluation practices.
- Ability to recognize opportunities where generative AI could enhance products, workflows, or customer experiences.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include 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.

USA, WA, Seattle - 168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually