Senior Software Engineering Jobs in Washington
Senior Software Engineering jobs in Washington are among the most active in the country, concentrated in cloud infrastructure, machine learning, distributed systems, and enterprise software across one of the world's densest technology corridors. Seattle anchors the market, with Bellevue and Redmond close behind, and major employers like Microsoft, Amazon, and Boeing maintaining deep engineering organizations throughout the region. Demand runs from mid-level engineers stepping into senior scope all the way through staff and principal tracks. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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DESCRIPTION
This role leads AI engineering in DevOps & Release, reporting to the Director, DevOps & Release. It owns triage, test generation and selection, and campaign monitoring across the platform. Before anything is handed on, the bar is: each AI stage meets its acceptance criterion, with a manual fallback. It hands off to its customers as follows: triage, test generation, and selection to every team.
What the team needs to achieve
- Each AI stage meets its acceptance criterion, with a manual fallback.
- Hand-offs that meet their service level: triage, test generation, and selection to every team.
- Measured, rising capability and efficiency of the team, with manual work falling release over release.
How the team is measured
- Each AI stage meeting its acceptance criterion.
- Gap between the serial loop budget and the pipelined loop time.
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.
Key job responsibilities
- Own triage, test generation and selection, and campaign monitoring across the platform.
- Meet the bar before every hand-off: each AI stage meets its acceptance criterion, with a manual fallback.
- 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.
A day in the life
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 applied machine learning or AI systems for engineering workflows
- Experience measuring model quality with clear acceptance criteria
- Experience across the full software development lifecycle, having shipped software and maintained it in production
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience managing managers or leading several teams
- Experience with AI for test generation or defect triage
- Experience with AI assurance
- 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 AI engineering in DevOps & Release, reporting to the Director, DevOps & Release. It owns triage, test generation and selection, and campaign monitoring across the platform. Before anything is handed on, the bar is: each AI stage meets its acceptance criterion, with a manual fallback. It hands off to its customers as follows: triage, test generation, and selection to every team.
What the team needs to achieve
- Each AI stage meets its acceptance criterion, with a manual fallback.
- Hand-offs that meet their service level: triage, test generation, and selection to every team.
- Measured, rising capability and efficiency of the team, with manual work falling release over release.
How the team is measured
- Each AI stage meeting its acceptance criterion.
- Gap between the serial loop budget and the pipelined loop time.
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.
Key job responsibilities
- Own triage, test generation and selection, and campaign monitoring across the platform.
- Meet the bar before every hand-off: each AI stage meets its acceptance criterion, with a manual fallback.
- 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.
A day in the life
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 applied machine learning or AI systems for engineering workflows
- Experience measuring model quality with clear acceptance criteria
- Experience across the full software development lifecycle, having shipped software and maintained it in production
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience managing managers or leading several teams
- Experience with AI for test generation or defect triage
- Experience with AI assurance
- 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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- Technology & Software
- Aerospace & Defense
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What Washington Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in senior software engineering jobs across Washington.
- Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related technical field
- Five or more years of professional software development experience in production environments
- Proficiency in at least one major language such as Java, Python, Go, C++, or TypeScript
- Demonstrated experience designing and operating distributed systems or cloud-native architectures on AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Ability to lead technical design reviews, mentor junior engineers, and drive cross-team delivery
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and modern DevOps or platform engineering practices
Senior Software Engineering Jobs in Washington: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a senior software engineering in Washington?
Software engineering in Washington carries no state-issued license or board exam, so the path runs through education and demonstrated experience. Most Washington employers at the senior level expect a bachelor's degree in computer science or a closely related field, several years of progressively complex engineering work, and a portfolio of systems you have owned end to end. Contributing to open-source projects and earning cloud certifications from AWS or Azure are respected signals in the Washington market.
How much do senior software engineerings make in Washington?
Senior software engineerings in Washington earn a median of about $166,540 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $96,810 for the lowest 10% to over $255,350 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire senior software engineerings in Washington?
Employers hiring senior software engineerings in Washington right now include Apple, Blue Origin, and LTM Limited, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Washington's concentration of cloud, enterprise software, and aerospace companies means senior engineering roles appear across a wide range of industries beyond consumer technology.
Which Washington cities have the most senior software engineering jobs?
The cities with the most senior software engineering openings in Washington are Seattle, Redmond, and Bellevue. Seattle's dense cluster of cloud and enterprise technology companies drives the largest share of postings, while Bellevue and Redmond draw heavily from Microsoft and Amazon's Eastside campuses, and mid-sized cities like Kirkland and Bothell have grown as overflow hiring markets for the same large employers.
Are there remote senior software engineering jobs in Washington?
Yes, and more than most fields. About 73% of senior software engineering openings tied to Washington are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting how thoroughly this work can be done without a fixed office. Backend infrastructure, platform engineering, and data engineering roles tend to offer the most flexibility, while positions that require close collaboration with hardware teams or on-site data centers are more likely to require in-person presence.
How can I get hired as a senior software engineering in Washington with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is landing a software development engineer or associate engineer role at one of Washington's large technology employers and growing into senior scope from there. Microsoft, Amazon, and Boeing all run structured new-graduate programs that bring in engineers without professional experience and pair them with mentors. Building a strong GitHub portfolio, completing an AWS or Azure associate certification, and targeting teams working in high-growth areas like cloud services or machine learning increases your odds of clearing screening thresholds at Washington employers.
Where can I find and apply to senior software engineering jobs in Washington?
You can find and apply to senior software engineering jobs in Washington on Migrate Mate, which lists current Washington openings. Find roles that fit your background and apply directly to each one.
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