Software Development Engineer II, AWS AI & Strategic Partner Engineering

This position is part of the AWS Specialist and Partner Organization (ASP). Specialists own the end-to-end go-to-market strategy for their respective technology domains providing the business and technical expertise to help our customers succeed. Partner teams own the strategy recruiting development and growth of our key technology and consulting partners. Together they provide our customers with the expertise and scale needed to build innovative solutions for their most complex challenges.

If youre passionate about designing developing and delivering diverse solutions for AWS customers and partners that truly make a difference in their business learning and mastering challenging engineering domains and shaping the future of AI-driven cloud services then we have an exciting opportunity for you. This role demands a self-starter mindset rapid experimentation and expertise in partner ecosystems ideal for engineers who love learning challenging norms and building prototypes that ship.

A wave of innovation is revolutionizing partner ecosystems through AI-driven automation secure multi-cloud architectures and elastic scalability reshaping how global enterprises deploy and use mission-critical cloud solutions. We are seeking a Software Development Engineer to build new capabilities and solutions to help customers and partners run their workloads (like SAP) on AWS. The AI & Strategic Partner Engineering team architects and builds deep integrations with partners and customers leveraging these partner solutions on AWS platforms creating seamless interoperability that accelerates time-to-market for joint customer successes. Our team is expanding to deliver wide-ranging innovations across multiple and complex engineering domains (like security AI/ML distributed systems emerging AWS services etc.) while pioneering Agentic AI and LLM integrations that enable rapid prototyping and deployment through collaborative AI agent workflows.

Key job responsibilities
As a software development engineer in the AI & Strategic Partner Engineering team youll be a self-starter in fast-paced high-velocity environments to build new capabilities for partner-driven solutions including strategic collaborations with industry leaders like SAP working alongside skillful builders senior engineers and architects. Youll design system architecture and spearhead operational best practices in the design and delivery of new products and solutions. All team members actively participate in product definition technical architecture reviews iterative development code review and operations. Along with this youll have the opportunity to interact with customers and partners to understand and ensure their needs are met. Clear professional verbal and written communication with teammates and customers is an important part of the job.

Partner Solution Leadership

Design & deliver mission-critical solutions for AWS partners across various engineering domains not limiting to security AI/ML distributed systems databases VPC and emerging AWS services

Build detailed technical specifications and collaborate with AI agents to rapidly prototype and validate solutions

Architect and deliver integrations between partners (like SAP) and AWS-native services enabling seamless data flow identity management and compliance for global enterprises.

Engineering Excellence

Master diverse domains: Security frameworks AI/ML pipelines distributed databases cloud-native infrastructure (VPC EC2 S3 etc.) and Agentic AI/LLM integrations

Drive innovation through experimentation with large language models autonomous agents and generative AI tools to solve partner challenges

Own full-stack development from design to deployment emphasizing high availability performance and customer delight

You should enjoy working on complex systems be customer-centric and have a proven track record of building exceptionally high-quality software that delights customers.

Collaborative Execution

Thrive in fast-paced ambiguity-rich environments with tight deadlines turning ideas into production-ready solutions quickly

Partner deeply with cross-functional teams (Product Security AI Research) to align technical strategies with business goals

Mentor junior engineers and foster a culture of knowledge-sharing while maintaining rigorous code quality through peer reviews



A day in the life
Youll start by discovering partner pain points then design architectures that blend security scalability and AI innovation. Using AI agents youll rapidly prototype solutions validate them through load testing and collaborate with partners to ensure adoption. When deadlines tighten youll lead brainstorming sessions troubleshoot complex distributed failures and document everything to empower future teams.

About the team
The WWCO Partner Systems-Fixed team empowers AWS partners to innovate at cloud scale. Were pioneers in integrating AI-driven capabilities into partner offerings building secure scalable foundations for tomorrows enterprise workloads. Join us to redefine whats possible for partners on AWS.

Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures and were building an environment that celebrates knowledge-sharing and mentorship. Our senior members enjoy one-on-one mentoring and thorough but kind code reviews. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects that help our team members develop your engineering expertise so you feel empowered to take on more complex tasks in the future.

Diverse Experiences

AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting hasnt followed a traditional path or includes alternative experiences dont let it stop you from applying.

Why AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the worlds most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating thats why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Inclusive Team Culture

AWS values curiosity and connection. Our employee-led and company-sponsored affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what makes us unique. Our inclusion events foster stronger more collaborative teams. Our continual innovation is fueled by the bold ideas fresh perspectives and passionate voices our teams bring to everything we do.

Mentorship & Career Growth

Were continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earths Best Employer. Thats why youll find endless knowledge-sharing mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Work/Life Balance

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home theres nothing we cant achieve.

- 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
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language
- Knowledge of professional software engineering & best practices for full software development life cycle including coding standards software architectures code reviews source control management continuous deployments testing and operational excellence
- Bachelors degree or equivalent

- 3 years of full software development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing and operations experience
- Knowledge of AWS services including compute storage networking security databases machine learning and serverless technologies
- Experience designing and building large-scale systems in a multi-tiered distributed environment (Service Oriented Architecture)
- Experience communicating with users other technical teams and management to collect requirements describe software product features and technical designs
- Experience developing or deploying Large Language Models in production and deep knowledge of Agentic AI tools agents workflows and integration patterns

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees supervisors and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees supervisors and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal state and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct adverse and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies exercise sound judgment effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism and safeguard business operations and the Companys reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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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 CA Santa Clara - 165200.00 - 223600.00 USD annually