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Senior Software Development Engineer, AWS Fintech

Seattle, Washington, United States💼 Full-time💰 $168,100–$227,400🗓 2026-08-06 → 2026-09-26

Core

Design and develop high-performance, globally scalable financial systems and distributed services for AWS Fintech, handling billions in annual transactions.

Role type

Senior Software Development Engineer (Architecture & Systems)

Builds

Distributed financial systems, critical-path services, and scalable data platforms

Domain

Fintech, Large-scale distributed computing, Data engineering

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Data structures, Algorithms, Object-oriented programming, System architecture, Scalability design, Code review, Technical mentorship, Design patterns, Reliability engineering, OLAP query optimization

Preferred skills

Full SDLC ownership, Code quality standards, Source control management, Build processes, Testing strategies, Operations experience

Technologies

AWS, Big data frameworks, AI/ML tools for root-cause analysis

Responsibilities

Drive technical vision and architecture for the finance platform; Design and implement critical-path systems from concept to production; Define and raise engineering standards across the team; Solve hard technical problems involving petabyte-scale datasets; Mentor engineers and raise the hiring bar; Research, prototype, and publish technical recommendations; Identify and eliminate duplicate work across teams

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities

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