Senior Software Developer Jobs in Redmond, WA
Senior Software Developer jobs in Redmond, Washington are in strong demand, concentrated in Redmond's Overlake district, the Bear Creek corridor, and the downtown Redmond core, across cloud infrastructure, enterprise software, gaming, and connected devices. Employers actively hiring include Microsoft, Amazon, and NVIDIA. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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DESCRIPTION
This role leads developer experience and continuous integration in DevOps & Release, reporting to the Director, DevOps & Release. It owns repositories, build, code scanning, the unit gate, and the supplier acceptance pipeline. Before anything is handed on, the bar is: commit-to-green time within its service level. It hands off to its customers as follows: toolchain, builds, and the unit gate to every team; supplier verdict input within 48 hours.
What the team needs to achieve
- Commit-to-green time within its service level.
- Hand-offs that meet their service level: toolchain, builds, and the unit gate to every team; supplier verdict input within 48 hours.
- Measured, rising capability and efficiency of the team, with manual work falling release over release.
How the team is measured
- Commit-to-green time.
- Supplier drop acceptance within 48 hours.
Key job responsibilities
- Own repositories, build, code scanning, the unit gate, and the supplier acceptance pipeline.
- Meet the bar before every hand-off: commit-to-green time within its service level.
- Work directly with engineers in the boundary teams as partners, through agreed contracts and service levels.
- Automate everything a person would otherwise do twice.
- Hire, coach, and grow the team, with clear expectations and career development for every engineer.
- Define the team's metrics and service levels, and improve them release over release.
- Make the team's decisions data-driven and its quality measurable, and escalate early when risks cross team boundaries.
- Set the team's roadmap and the structure and mechanisms that deliver it, and negotiate the boundaries of the area with peer teams.
- Build the mechanisms and best practices that make the team's work repeatable, measurable, and improving.
Export Control Requirement:
Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
About the team
D2D Software is an evolving organization of many teams: Software Architecture & Specifications; Software Delivery & Business Ops; Software Integration, Verification & Reliability; DevOps & Release; Satellite Software Development; Ground Software Development; and Customer Software Engineering & Support. Each Director owns business outcomes: delivering the commitments, and the capability and efficiency of their teams. Teams work as internal customers and suppliers with agreed service levels, interfaces are agreed centrally while designs stay local, and engineers are expected to work directly with engineers across every boundary. Milestones are committed deadlines for delivery with quality, not gates to wait on, and every team runs on one toolchain and one system of record. Every measure is derived from the systems of record, never self-reported, and we improve release over release with a target of perfection.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or related technical field
- 5+ years of software development experience
- Experience in management: developing engineers into managers and building teams
- Experience hiring and developing engineers, setting clear goals, and giving regular feedback and coaching
- Experience leading a team where the problem and strategy are not yet fully defined, working backwards from the customer
- Experience building continuous integration for embedded targets as well as cloud services, including cross-compilation and hermetic builds
- Experience running a developer platform used by many teams
- Experience across the full software development lifecycle, having shipped software and maintained it in production
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience with build systems at scale
- Experience automating supplier software acceptance
- Experience managing managers or leading several teams
- Experience setting a multi-year direction for an area, designing the team structure and mechanisms to deliver it, and aligning several teams around it
- Experience setting strategy where the problem, opportunity, and strategy are not defined, telling one-way from two-way doors, and presenting decisions and strategy narratives to senior leaders across the organization
- A record of writing clear narratives and running data-driven reviews
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.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. 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. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, WA, Redmond - 220,100.00 - 297,700.00 USD annually
DESCRIPTION
This role leads developer experience and continuous integration in DevOps & Release, reporting to the Director, DevOps & Release. It owns repositories, build, code scanning, the unit gate, and the supplier acceptance pipeline. Before anything is handed on, the bar is: commit-to-green time within its service level. It hands off to its customers as follows: toolchain, builds, and the unit gate to every team; supplier verdict input within 48 hours.
What the team needs to achieve
- Commit-to-green time within its service level.
- Hand-offs that meet their service level: toolchain, builds, and the unit gate to every team; supplier verdict input within 48 hours.
- Measured, rising capability and efficiency of the team, with manual work falling release over release.
How the team is measured
- Commit-to-green time.
- Supplier drop acceptance within 48 hours.
Key job responsibilities
- Own repositories, build, code scanning, the unit gate, and the supplier acceptance pipeline.
- Meet the bar before every hand-off: commit-to-green time within its service level.
- Work directly with engineers in the boundary teams as partners, through agreed contracts and service levels.
- Automate everything a person would otherwise do twice.
- Hire, coach, and grow the team, with clear expectations and career development for every engineer.
- Define the team's metrics and service levels, and improve them release over release.
- Make the team's decisions data-driven and its quality measurable, and escalate early when risks cross team boundaries.
- Set the team's roadmap and the structure and mechanisms that deliver it, and negotiate the boundaries of the area with peer teams.
- Build the mechanisms and best practices that make the team's work repeatable, measurable, and improving.
Export Control Requirement:
Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
About the team
D2D Software is an evolving organization of many teams: Software Architecture & Specifications; Software Delivery & Business Ops; Software Integration, Verification & Reliability; DevOps & Release; Satellite Software Development; Ground Software Development; and Customer Software Engineering & Support. Each Director owns business outcomes: delivering the commitments, and the capability and efficiency of their teams. Teams work as internal customers and suppliers with agreed service levels, interfaces are agreed centrally while designs stay local, and engineers are expected to work directly with engineers across every boundary. Milestones are committed deadlines for delivery with quality, not gates to wait on, and every team runs on one toolchain and one system of record. Every measure is derived from the systems of record, never self-reported, and we improve release over release with a target of perfection.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or related technical field
- 5+ years of software development experience
- Experience in management: developing engineers into managers and building teams
- Experience hiring and developing engineers, setting clear goals, and giving regular feedback and coaching
- Experience leading a team where the problem and strategy are not yet fully defined, working backwards from the customer
- Experience building continuous integration for embedded targets as well as cloud services, including cross-compilation and hermetic builds
- Experience running a developer platform used by many teams
- Experience across the full software development lifecycle, having shipped software and maintained it in production
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience with build systems at scale
- Experience automating supplier software acceptance
- Experience managing managers or leading several teams
- Experience setting a multi-year direction for an area, designing the team structure and mechanisms to deliver it, and aligning several teams around it
- Experience setting strategy where the problem, opportunity, and strategy are not defined, telling one-way from two-way doors, and presenting decisions and strategy narratives to senior leaders across the organization
- A record of writing clear narratives and running data-driven reviews
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.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. 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. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, WA, Redmond - 220,100.00 - 297,700.00 USD annually
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- Amazon14
- NVIDIA1
- JBT Marel1
- Kymeta1
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software
- Artificial Intelligence
Senior Software Developer Jobs in Redmond: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a senior software developer job in Redmond?
Target the sectors that drive Redmond hiring: cloud platform engineering, gaming and interactive entertainment, IoT and connected devices, and enterprise productivity software. Experience with distributed systems, cloud-native architecture, or hardware-software integration stands out here. Roles concentrate in the Overlake tech campus zone and the Bear Creek corridor, so networking within those employer clusters, not just applying online, meaningfully improves your chances.
Which companies hire senior software developers in Redmond?
Companies currently hiring senior software developers in Redmond include Microsoft, Amazon, and NVIDIA, per current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Redmond's employer mix skews heavily toward large technology firms and mid-size product companies focused on cloud, gaming, and hardware platforms.
Are there remote senior software developer jobs in Redmond?
Yes, senior software developer work is well-suited to remote and hybrid arrangements because the core deliverables, code review, architecture design, and system integration, are largely screen-based. About 100% of senior software developer openings tied to Redmond are remote or hybrid as of November 2026. Roles involving hardware integration or on-site lab work at Redmond campuses tend to require more in-person presence than pure software positions.
How can I get a senior software developer job in Redmond with little or no experience?
The most realistic path into Redmond's senior-level market is through an internal promotion or lateral move from a mid-level role at one of the city's large technology employers, which run structured leveling frameworks that advance engineers on demonstrated output. Rotational programs and university-to-full-time pipelines at Redmond's major tech campuses give early-career engineers direct exposure to senior mentors, and building a portfolio of shipped features or open-source contributions in cloud or gaming infrastructure directly addresses what local hiring teams look for.
Which industries hire the most senior software developers in Redmond?
Most senior software developer openings in Redmond sit in Technology & Software and Artificial Intelligence, per current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Redmond's concentration of major technology campuses and gaming studios makes it one of the few U.S. cities where cloud, gaming, and hardware-software convergence all drive significant senior engineering demand simultaneously.
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