Software Development Engineer, AWS Quick
About the role
etc. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID. We need to preserve all substantive info, not invent. We need to use- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose. We need to remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning, duplicated lines, application instructions. The posting includes EEO statement and accommodation link; we should remove that. Also "If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner." That's application instruction? Might be considered boilerplate; remove. Also "Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits." Might be considered boilerplate but it's a link to benefits; maybe keep? It's not a list; but it's a reference. Might be considered not substantive; but we could keep as part of Benefits section? Probably better to drop as it's just a link. We need to include Pay section only if posting actually states them. It does: base salary range listed: USA, WA, Bellevue - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually. Also mentions sign-on payments and RSUs. So we can include Pay section with that info. Schedule: not mentioned; no schedule info; so omit Schedule section. Benefits: they mention comprehensive benefits including health insurance..., 401(k) matching, paid time off, parental leave. Also link. So we can include Benefits section with that list. Skills: maybe not explicit; but we could combine Requirements and Qualifications. The posting has Basic Qualifications and Preferred Qualifications. Those could go under Requirements and Qualifications sections. Skills maybe not separate; we could omit Skills if no explicit list. Responsibilities: The description includes leading team of SDEs, building systems that process billions of queries, ship agentic features used by AWS customers globally. Also moving fast, etc. Could be responsibilities. About the role: The initial description about AWS Context and role. Could be About the role. We need to avoid filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present. Let's craft sections:
About the role
AWS Context is a new AWS service that gives AI agents access to an organization's context through a governed knowledge graph. It is the foundational layer that enables enterprise AI systems to reason over business data — connecting agents to the right context, at the right time, with the right governance controls. AWS Context sits at the heart of Amazon's AI strategy: without grounding in real organizational data, AI agents are generic. With it, they become genuinely useful. The team is working towards launching the first release of AWS Context. We move fast, ship often, and iterate fast on customer feedback. You won't wait for quarterly planning cycles to make decisions — the team ships, learns, and adjusts in days, not months. We value engineering leaders who thrive in ambiguity, bias strongly toward action, and build a culture where failing fast is a feature, not a bug. If you've run a scrappy team that punched above its weight, you'll feel at home here. This is a high-visibility engineering leadership role at the intersection of frontier AI, large-scale data systems, and customer-facing agentic products. You will lead a team of SDEs in Seattle/Bellevue building systems that process billions of queries, ship agentic features used by AWS customers globally.
About the Team
maybe not required but could be part of About the role? The instruction says use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It doesn't forbid other headings? It says usefor section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It implies those are the allowed headings? Probably we should stick to those. So we should not add About the Team heading; we can incorporate that content into About the role or Responsibilities? The About The Team content is about team culture, mentorship, etc. Could be part of About the role or maybe we could put under Responsibilities? But better to incorporate into About the role as it's descriptive of the team. Similarly Diverse Experiences, About AWS, Inclusive Team Culture, Work/Life Balance, Mentorship & Career Growth are all cultural/benefits; could be folded into Benefits or maybe omitted as boilerplate? They are substantive about culture; but not explicitly listed as sections. The instruction says we should include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text. It doesn't forbid adding other headings beyond the list, but the list is examples. Safer to stick to those headings and place relevant content under them. Thus we need to map: - About the role: description of role, mission, team, etc. - Responsibilities: leading team, building systems, shipping features, moving fast, etc. - Requirements: Basic Qualifications. - Qualifications: Preferred Qualifications. - Skills: maybe list of specific skills like C#, C++, Java, Perl, OOD, large-scale distributed systems, etc. Could be extracted from Basic Qualifications: "experience with C#, C++, Java, or Perl", "Object Oriented Design". Could be a Skills section. - Benefits: health insurance, 401(k), PTO, parental leave. - Pay: salary range, sign-on, RSUs. - Schedule: none -> omit. We must not repeat job title. No ID. We must use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So for Responsibilities we can make a list. For Requirements list. For Qualifications list. For Skills list. For Benefits list.
We need to preserve all substantive info; not invent.
Let's extract details:
From description:
- AWS Context service description.
- Team moving fast, ship often, iterate on customer feedback.
- Value engineering leaders who thrive in ambiguity, bias toward action, culture where failing fast is a feature.
- If you've run a scrappy team that punched above its weight, you'll feel at home.
- High-visibility engineering leadership role at intersection of frontier AI, large-scale data systems, customer-facing agentic products.
- You will lead a team of SDEs in Seattle/Bellevue building systems that process billions of queries, ship agentic features used by AWS customers globally.
About The Team:
- Dedicated to supporting new members.
- Broad mix of experience levels and tenures.
- Building environment that celebrates knowledge-sharing and mentorship.
- Senior members enjoy one-on-one mentoring and thorough, but kind, code reviews.
- Care about career growth and strive to assign projects that help team members develop engineering expertise so they feel empowered to take on more complex tasks.
Diverse Experiences:
- AWS values diverse experiences.
- Even if you do not meet all qualifications and skills listed, we encourage candidates to apply.
- If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.
About AWS:
- AWS is world’s most comprehensive cloud platform.
- Pioneered cloud computing, never stopped innovating.
- Customers from startups to Global 500 trust robust suite.
Inclusive Team Culture:
- Employee-led affinity groups foster inclusion.
- Ongoing events and learning experiences, including Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences.
Work/Life Balance:
- Value work-life harmony.
- Strive for flexibility as part of working culture.
Mentorship & Career Growth:
- Continuously raising performance bar to become Earth’s Best Employer.
- Endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources.
Basic Qualifications:
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- 1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience
- 1+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using: C#, C++, Java, or Perl experience
- 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience
- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language
Preferred Qualifications:
- 3+ 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 description:
- 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.
Pay:
- 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.
- USA, WA, Bellevue - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually
We should not include the link to benefits maybe but could keep as part of Benefits section as a link? It's not a list item but could be a
. The instruction says use
for prose. So we can include a
with that link. We need to remove EEO boilerplate and accommodation link, also "If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner." Remove. Now craft HTML. We'll have sections:
About the role
... (combined description and team info maybe)
Responsibilities
- Lead a team of SDEs in Seattle/Bellevue building systems that process billions of queries.
- Ship agentic features used by AWS customers globally.
- Move fast, ship often, and iterate quickly on customer feedback (days, not months).
- Thrive in ambiguity, bias strongly toward action, and foster a culture where failing fast is a feature.
- Leverage experience running scrappy teams that punched above their weight.
Requirements
- 3+ years of non‑internship professional software development experience.
- 2+ years of non‑internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems.
- 1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience.
- 1+ years of designing and developing large‑scale, multi‑tiered, multi‑threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using C#, C++, Java, or Perl.
- 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience.
- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language.
Qualifications
- 3+ years of full
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So for Responsibilities we can make a list. For Requirements list. For Qualifications list. For Skills list. For Benefits list.
We need to preserve all substantive info; not invent.
Let's extract details:
From description:
- AWS Context service description.
- Team moving fast, ship often, iterate on customer feedback.
- Value engineering leaders who thrive in ambiguity, bias toward action, culture where failing fast is a feature.
- If you've run a scrappy team that punched above its weight, you'll feel at home.
- High-visibility engineering leadership role at intersection of frontier AI, large-scale data systems, customer-facing agentic products.
- You will lead a team of SDEs in Seattle/Bellevue building systems that process billions of queries, ship agentic features used by AWS customers globally.
About The Team:
- Dedicated to supporting new members.
- Broad mix of experience levels and tenures.
- Building environment that celebrates knowledge-sharing and mentorship.
- Senior members enjoy one-on-one mentoring and thorough, but kind, code reviews.
- Care about career growth and strive to assign projects that help team members develop engineering expertise so they feel empowered to take on more complex tasks.
Diverse Experiences:
- AWS values diverse experiences.
- Even if you do not meet all qualifications and skills listed, we encourage candidates to apply.
- If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.
About AWS:
- AWS is world’s most comprehensive cloud platform.
- Pioneered cloud computing, never stopped innovating.
- Customers from startups to Global 500 trust robust suite.
Inclusive Team Culture:
- Employee-led affinity groups foster inclusion.
- Ongoing events and learning experiences, including Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences.
Work/Life Balance:
- Value work-life harmony.
- Strive for flexibility as part of working culture.
Mentorship & Career Growth:
- Continuously raising performance bar to become Earth’s Best Employer.
- Endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources.
Basic Qualifications:
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- 1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience
- 1+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using: C#, C++, Java, or Perl experience
- 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience
- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language
Preferred Qualifications:
- 3+ 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 description:
- 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.
Pay:
- 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.
- USA, WA, Bellevue - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually
We should not include the link to benefits maybe but could keep as part of Benefits section as a link? It's not a list item but could be a