Sr. Software Development Engineer, Device Farm

Sr. Software Development Engineer, Device Farm

Device Farm is building the world's largest cloud of real physical smart devices @AWS. With millions of developers writing apps, AWS Device Farm brings devices closer to the developers by providing them instantaneous remote access to real devices in AWS cloud.

As a Sr. SDE, you will be part of an inter-disciplinary team of Software Development Engineers, Systems Development Engineers, and Network Engineers who are building a next-generation device cloud to support a rapidly growing variety of device types, form factors, architectures, communication protocols, and programming languages.

The underlying systems are complex, and there are opportunities to work at all levels from device engineering to large-scale distributed systems. In addition to the technical challenges provided by the innovative use cases that we are working on, you will also learn how to lead a service that meets AWS’s high bar for availability, scalability, and security. This is an incredible opportunity to define the technical vision of a fast-evolving AWS service and make a significant business impact.

Key job responsibilities

As a Sr. SDE, you will be responsible for the design and implementation of complex systems, with direct responsibility for coding the most complex sections. You will lead others, delegating coding tasks or the design of sub-components to more junior engineers. As an SDE III, mentoring others is considered a key responsibility and marker of success.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Seattle, WA, USA

Minimum Qualifications:

1. 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
2. 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
3. 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
4. Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or leading an engineering team
5. 5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
6. Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
7. Mobile Development (iOS/Android)
8. Testing Frameworks (i.e. Appium, Selenium)

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $134,500/year in our lowest geographic market up to $261,500/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.