Sr. Software Dev Engineer, Kiro

About the position

The future of software development is autonomous. AWS is building Kiro

Autonomous Agent —a frontier agent that independently tackles development tasks,

maintains context across interactions, and continuously learns from its work.

This isn't just another AI tool; it's a fundamental shift in how software gets

built and maintained.

We're looking for engineers who want to shape this transformation. You'll work

alongside exceptional talent solving novel problems at the intersection of AI

and software engineering. The challenges are unique: building systems that

operate autonomously, retain context across complex workflows, and improve

through experience—all while meeting AWS's exacting standards for scale,

reliability, and security.

Your impact will be immediate and visible. You'll ship features that directly

improve how developers work. Daily collaboration includes code reviews,

mentorship in both directions, and rapid skill development. From day one, you'll

have opportunities to lead—whether that's owning projects, defining technical

direction, or shaping how the team operates.

This is your chance to build the agent that builds the future.

Responsibilities

• You'll shape the technical direction and architecture of Kiro Autonomous Agent

service.

• Working directly with customers, you'll uncover real-world development

challenges and translate them into product capabilities—staying true to Amazon's

customer-obsessed approach.

• You'll build and operate production systems using

industry-leading CI/CD practices, ensuring Kiro Autonomous Agent maintains the

reliability and performance our customers depend on.

• Your responsibilities span the full lifecycle: from architectural decisions that

define how an autonomous agent learns and maintains context, to hands-on

development of features that transform how software gets built.

• You'll balance

innovation with operational excellence, making technical choices that enable

Kiro to work independently while meeting AWS's standards for scale and security.

• Your responsibilities span the full lifecycle: from compiler technologies to

agent training and steering to scalable deployment.

• You'll balance innovation

with operational excellence, making technical choices that enable Kiro agents to

work smoothly for a wide class of developers while meeting AWS's standards for

scale and security.

Requirements

• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language

experience

• 5+ 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

Nice-to-haves

• 5+ 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

• Amazon package

will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs).

• 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.