Principal Software Engineer, Developer Agents and Experiences, Agentic AI Leadership
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Job Location:
Seattle, OR - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
17 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
You will work with an exceptional team including internal Kiro SMEs like Al Harris to solve hard problems and learn new skills. Our research with internal and external power users whove achieved 10x productivity gains through agent orchestration gives us a unique advantageyoull embed proven practices into Kiros addition to the technical challenges of agent orchestration youll learn how to build a service that meets AWSs high bar for availability scalability and security.
Youll have a direct line to our customers experience and a direct means to improving it. On a daily basis youll work with teammates to review each others code mentor and be mentored. Youll have an opportunity to lead from day onefrom leading the agent orchestration architecture to driving technical processes to selecting frameworks and patterns to teaching and learning from your teammates.
Key job responsibilities
Define agent orchestration architecture - Design and implement the technical patterns and infrastructure for multi-agent coordination agent swarms and tiered agent architectures (main agents sub-agents autonomous agents)
Build orchestration visibility systems - Create mechanisms that make agent behavior observable debuggable and controllable at scale
Solve context management at scale - Architect solutions for context sharing and management across agent swarms and multi-agent workflows
Enable cross-product agent coordination - Build the orchestration layer connecting agents across Kiro CLI IDE KAA and future products
Translate power user insights into architecture - Embed proven orchestration practices from our research into scalable technical systems
Lead platform rearchitecture - Evolve Kiro Web to support individual team and enterprise orchestration use cases
Establish engineering excellence - Set technical standards through hands-on coding and architectural reviews
Drive strategic decisions - Collaborate with VP Deepak and influence orchestration strategy across the Kiro organization
Scale orchestration accessibility - Make sophisticated multi-agent workflows achievable for developers beyond the senior elite
About the team
AI is transforming software development and agent orchestration represents the next frontier. As AI agents proliferate across the industry the critical challenge is no longer building individual agentsits orchestrating them effectively. AWS is at the forefront of this transformation and were building the technical foundation that will make sophisticated multi-agent workflows accessible to developers worldwide.
12 years of non-internship professional software development experience 12 years of programming with at least one software programming language experience 12 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
12 years of full software development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing and operations experience Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent Experience with AI/ML agent systems multi-agent coordination or workflow orchestration patterns Background in building observability debugging or monitoring systems for complex distributed workflows Track record of solving intrinsically hard problems in areas like context management state coordination or autonomous system control Experience working with user research to inform technical architecture decisions Contributions to open-source projects in agent frameworks orchestration tools or developer platforms Experience scaling platforms from individual users to team and enterprise deployments
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process including support for the interview or onboarding process please visit for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt listed please contact your Recruiting Partner.
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 WA SEATTLE - 200100.00 - 270600.00 USD annually
USA WA Seattle - 200100.00 - 270600.00 USD annually
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Key Skills
- Continuous Integration
- Docker
- Jenkins
- Python
- System Design
- Agile
- C/C++
- Go
- Systems Engineering
- Software Development
- Java
- Distributed Systems
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