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Senior Software Development Engineer, Outposts

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Arlington, Virginia, USA Senior+ Posted Jul 16, 2026
REST/APIsCloud

About the role

The Amazon Web Services EC2 team located in Herndon, VA is actively recruiting for experienced Senior Software Engineers interested in working on two new projects we announced at re:invent; Outpost and Wavelength. Outpost brings native AWS services, infrastructure, and operation models to virtually any data center, co-location space, or on-premises facility. Wavelength brings AWS services to the edge of the 5G network, minimizing the latency to connect to an application from a mobile device. These are exciting, challenging new product that has the potential to re-define the industry. As a member of the team, you will: - own system architecture and development for product initiatives and feature development - Learn and develop global web services, at scale - Work with diverse teams throughout Amazon to deliver compute at the edge - Build the future and have fun doing it AWS is the fastest growing division within Amazon. Help us revolutionize the Cloud! Amazon has a fast-paced environment where we “Work Hard, Have Fun, Make History.” On a “typical” day, software engineers might whip up a prototype to prove or disprove an idea, instrument code to report a new metric, talk with customers, code up a feature, or draft a proposal for a radical new idea. For detailed info regarding the products that EC2 Networking (Herndon, VA) is working on please visit: http://aws.amazon.com/outpost http://aws.amazon.com/wavelength http://aws.amazon.com/ec2 http://aws.amazon.com/vpc
- 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

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  • First seen by JobLarper — Aug 2, 2026, 6 days ago. Older postings collect hundreds of applicants — a tailored résumé matters more the longer a role has been live.
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