Developer Experience Engineer, AWS Developer Experience
About the role
AI agents are opening up a new way to build on the cloud. As a Developer Experience Engineer you will shape what great agent‑driven development looks like on AWS, building with agents across AWS services, identifying friction, and turning those insights into content, guidance, and feedback that improves the developer experience. You will partner with service teams to advocate for changes and produce the technical resources developers and their agents rely on.
Day in the life
No two days look the same, but most weeks you will spend real time building. You will use agents to build on AWS, go deep on the experience, document what works, what breaks, and what’s missing, and turn those findings into blog posts, sample code, tutorials, and feedback to product teams. You will collaborate with other developer advocates and engineers across the organization to raise the bar on agentic content and standards.
Responsibilities
- Build applications and solutions on AWS using AI agents.
- Identify pain points and friction in agent‑driven development workflows.
- Document findings and create technical content such as blog posts, sample code, and tutorials.
- Provide actionable feedback to AWS service teams to improve the developer experience.
- Collaborate with developer advocates, engineers, and product teams to establish standards for agentic content.
- Advocate for developer needs and influence product roadmaps.
Basic qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent, or professional software development experience.
- 4+ years of building production software.
- Experience writing for developer and technical audiences (e.g., blogs, product documentation, technical information).
- Proficiency in one or more programming or scripting languages (C/C++, C#, Node.js, Java, Python, PHP, Ruby).
- Hands‑on experience with AI coding assistants in real development workflows.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience with open‑source tools and resources.
- Experience building developer tools, CLI applications, IDE extensions, or workflow automation.
- Track record of high‑impact technical video content with demonstrated developer reach.
- Speaking experience at major developer conferences focusing on practical implementation topics.
- Experience with cloud‑native development patterns and modern development workflows.
- Experience mentoring developers and strong communication and problem‑solving skills.
Benefits
- Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription).
- Basic Life & AD&D insurance with optional supplemental life plans.
- Employee Assistance Program and mental health support.
- Medical Advice Line.
- Flexible Spending Accounts.
- Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement coverage.
- 401(k) matching.
- Paid time off and parental leave.
Pay
Base salary ranges (USD annually):
- San Francisco, CA: $135,600 – $237,300
- New York, NY: $129,700 – $226,900
- Seattle, WA: $117,900 – $206,300
Compensation includes sign‑on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs), with final amounts determined by experience, qualifications, and location.