Senior Software Development Engineer, Agentic WorkSpaces

About the role

As a Senior Software Development Engineer (SDE) on the Agentic WorkSpaces team, you will dive deep into complex technical problems while building expertise in enabling agentic-based experiences for builders and other personas. You will collaborate with scientists, product managers, and engineers to translate business and functional requirements into system deliverables, driving optimizations and raising the bar for operational excellence. Your work will involve building new 0→1 products from the ground up, shaping the future of WorkSpaces where agents and humans collaborate seamlessly.

The Agentic WorkSpaces organization is reimagining the workspace as an active partner in work, not just infrastructure. We are building a platform where people, teams, and AI collaborate securely from anywhere to create unprecedented value. Our vision includes a secure, managed environment purpose-built for human-AI collaboration at enterprise scale, where AI agents code, troubleshoot, analyze, and act alongside users, governed by the same identity and security policies.

You will lead the design and implementation of critical components such as the authorization framework, trust hierarchy, and governance mechanisms for autonomous agents. This includes audit trails, rollback mechanisms, and human-in-the-loop controls. You will also own the agent unification strategy, ensuring Windows and Linux features ship from a single codebase, and partner with teams across AWS to integrate shared infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement systems that enable agentic experiences for builders and other personas, translating business requirements into technical deliverables.
• Drive incremental system optimizations and elevate operational excellence and development practices.
• Build new 0→1 products from the ground up, pioneering innovative approaches for collaborative human-AI workspaces.
• Partner with Amazon Bedrock, Amazon Q, and peer organizations to ensure WorkSpaces leverages and contributes to shared AWS agentic infrastructure.
• Lead the design of the authorization, trust hierarchy, and governance framework for autonomous agents in enterprise environments, including audit trails, rollback mechanisms, and human-in-the-loop controls.
• Own the agent unification strategy to enable simultaneous feature releases for Windows and Linux from a single codebase.
• Collaborate with EC2, identity providers, self-service troubleshooting, and platform teams to integrate and contribute to shared AWS and EUC infrastructure.
• Manage multi-region, multi-platform release coordination to ensure simultaneous feature launches across supported OS variants.
• Mentor and elevate the skills of your team while shaping the next generation of Agentic WorkSpaces.

Requirements

• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 5+ years of programming experience with at least one software programming language.
• 5+ years of experience leading the design or architecture (design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and existing systems.
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or leading an engineering team.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.

Benefits

Amazon offers a comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D, and optional supplemental life plans).
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and mental health support.
• Medical Advice Line and Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement coverage.
• 401(k) matching.
• Paid time off and parental leave.

Pay

The base salary range for this position in Seattle, WA is $168,100 - $227,400 USD annually. Your total compensation package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and location.

About the team

The Agentic WorkSpaces team is part of the AWS Applied AI Solutions organization, focused on delivering intuitive and differentiated technology solutions that solve enduring business challenges. We blend vision with curiosity and Amazon’s real-world experience to build opinionated, turnkey solutions that customers prefer to buy over build. Our team is innovating in multiple areas to provide the best-in-class interactive streaming platform while pioneering the next generation of human-AI collaborative workspaces.

Amazon WorkSpaces is a managed desktop computing service in the cloud, enabling users to access documents, applications, and resources from any device. With over a million daily users, we are now reimagining the workspace as an intelligent partner that drives smarter decisions, greater creativity, and faster innovation. Our platform will host AI agents alongside humans, governed by the same identity and security policies, and designed to leapfrog competitors like Microsoft, Citrix, and Omnissa.