Are you a self-motivated, passionate software engineer eager to shape the technical foundation of Amazon’s employee experience? Join the Amazon A to Z Framework team — the backbone of A to Z, Amazon’s flagship employee-facing application used by millions daily across mobile and web platforms. Our team builds and owns the core, Tier-2 services and frameworks that power the personalized, secure, and scalable experiences delivered by every other A to Z team. If you thrive on building high-scale, extensible systems used by a diverse set of engineering teams and customers, this role is for you.
As a Software Development Engineer on the A to Z team, you’ll drive the development of foundational platform capabilities that simplify service creation, enhance system reliability, and ensure consistent experiences across devices. You’ll work with modern AWS technologies and serverless architectures to deliver robust, low-latency services that operate globally. Our mission is to abstract complexity, accelerate development across the org, and raise the engineering bar for A to Z.
You’ll collaborate closely with partner teams, product managers, and design to create seamless building blocks that scale across use cases — from pay and scheduling to onboarding, learning, and internal communications. We use LLM/GenAI technologies that can scale to serve millions of Amazonians globally. This is a high-impact role with visibility, technical breadth, and room to innovate at scale.
Key job responsibilities
- Design and deliver scalable, highly-available services that serve our global workforce across diverse workflows and country-specific requirements
- Build end-to-end solutions using modern serverless technologies and AWS services, ensuring exceptional performance and reliability
- Drive data-driven technical decisions while maintaining high standards in complex, ambiguous environments
- Collaborate with product and design partners to create intuitive user experiences that simplify complex workflows
- Innovate and improve our engineering practices while maintaining operational excellence
- Mentor fellow engineers and contribute to building a strong engineering culture
- Take ownership of critical features from design through production, ensuring they meet enterprise-scale requirements
- Leverage foundational GenAI models to design and implement intuitive builder experiences that enable partner teams to rapidly develop and launch services on the A to Z platform
A day in the life
As part of our team, you'll collaborate with stakeholders to create seamless user experiences while adhering to platform standards and governance. You'll solve complex technical challenges that impact millions of users. Your work will directly influence how Amazonians interact with essential workplace tools and information. - 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- 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
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
https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit
https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
