Sr Software Development Engineer, Global Realty Technology

  • Amazon
  • Bellevue, Washington
  • Full Time

Amazon's Global Real Estate Tech team is seeking a strategic Senior Software Engineer to revolutionize how we approach Industrial Real Estate worldwide. In this high-impact role, you'll lead AI-powered transformation initiatives that directly influence Amazon's global facilities network spanning millions of square feet across multiple countries.

You'll architect and develop advanced solutions leveraging artificial intelligence, workflow automation, and geospatial intelligence to solve complex challenges that have tangible billion-dollar impacts on our business. Working at the intersection of technology and physical property, you'll collaborate with cross-functional experts to create solutions that define and redefine industry standards.

This position offers a rare opportunity to drive innovation that transforms both digital and physical landscapes while working with Amazon's world-class AI capabilities. Your contributions will directly accelerate our most strategic real estate initiatives and provide high visibility to senior leadership.

Key job responsibilities
As a Senior Software Engineer on our Global Real Estate Tech team, you will be at the forefront of Amazon's AI transformation into the commercial real estate space. This isn't just another engineering roleit's a pivotal position that will directly accelerate our AI initiatives across Amazon's global real estate portfolio.
You will:
- Pioneer AI Implementation: Lead the development of proprietary AI solutions that will transform how Amazon evaluates, acquires, and optimizes its worldwide facilities network
- Drive Business-Critical Decisions: Create systems that directly inform billion-dollar real estate decisions through predictive analytics and machine learning models
- Scale Global Impact: Develop solutions that will be deployed across Amazon's operations in multiple countries, affecting thousands of facilities and millions of square feet of real estate
- Shape the Future of Real Estate Tech: Work at the intersection of commercial real estate and leading-edge technology, defining new standards for how AI can revolutionize traditional industries
- Collaborate with AI Leaders: Partner directly with other Amazon AI/ML experts to bring advanced capabilities to real estate operations, with direct visibility to senior leadership

A day in the life
- Lead and mentor software engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and technical guidance
- Develop AI-powered solutions that analyze real estate data, optimize facility utilization, and automate site selection processes
- Collaborate with real estate experts, data scientists, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions
- Lead, guide and participate in architecture reviews to ensure scalable, maintainable designs that can support Amazon's global real estate portfolio
- Enhance existing applications with new features that leverage geospatial intelligence and AI capabilities
- Write clean, efficient code following Amazon's engineering best practices and documentation standards
- Review team members' code contributions, providing actionable feedback that improves overall code quality
- Stay current with emerging AI and geospatial technologies, evaluating their potential application to real estate operations

Amazon offers a full range of benefits that support you and eligible family members, including domestic partners and their children. Benefits can vary by location, the number of regularly scheduled hours you work, length of employment, and job status such as seasonal or temporary employment. The benefits that generally apply to regular, full-time employees include:

1. Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
2. Maternity and Parental Leave Options
3. Paid Time Off (PTO)
4. 401(k) Plan

If you are not sure that every qualification listed describes you exactly, we'd still love to hear from you! At Amazon, we value people with unique backgrounds, experiences, and skillsets. If youre passionate about this role and want to make an impact on a global scale, please apply!

About the team
Global Realty Tech manages software tools to drive AI-powered automation, centralize data and rapidly move our workflow forward with regards to what buildings Amazon launches. Since inception, these tools have grown to encompass Amazon's worldwide operations: we now cover thousands of active new launches, retrofits, and lease-related projects. We create global standards for managing data related to these immense capital projects. Our team consists of 15 engineers working closely with data scientists and real estate professionals.

Inclusive team culture
At Amazon we embrace our differences, and we are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We host annual and ongoing learning experiences. Amazons culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 14 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust

Work Life Balance
We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfillment. We offer flexibility in working hours and encourage you to find your own balance between your work and personal lives.

Mentorship & Career Growth
Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we're building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. We care about career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded professional. For exceptional performers who demonstrate the ability to operate at higher levels, there are clear pathways for advancement, including to Principal Engineer roles.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 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

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- 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

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 for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt 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 $151,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $261,500/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 . This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

Job ID: 479111033
Originally Posted on: 5/31/2025

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