Software Development Manager Jobs in Washington
Software Development Manager jobs in Washington are among the most active in the country, concentrated in enterprise software, cloud infrastructure, e-commerce technology, and defense systems, with demand at every level from team lead to senior director. Seattle and the Eastside corridor anchoring Bellevue and Redmond drive the highest volume of openings, while Kirkland sees steady hiring from established names including Microsoft, Amazon, and Boeing. The most in-demand specializations are distributed systems engineering management, platform and cloud services leadership, and AI and machine learning team management. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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DESCRIPTION
The Amazon Devices Software & Services team is looking for a Software Development Engineer to join a high-velocity, specialized team. This is not a traditional framework or infrastructure role - we are building a new groundbreaking customer experience that will define how millions of users worldwide interact with their technology - making it more proactive, intuitive, and invisible.
We’re building the systems that put AI into production — the runtime, services, and tooling that turn large language models and autonomous agents into reliable, safe, scalable products. As a Software Development Engineer II, you’ll design and ship core software in this stack: model and tool integrations, the agent execution loop, evaluation and quality pipelines, and the APIs that product teams build on. You’ll own meaningful components end to end, make real design decisions, and write production code that runs against real users and real data.
This is a hands-on building role for an engineer who wants to go deep on AI infrastructure — not just call an API, but engineer the reliability, safety, and performance around it. You’ll also work in an AI-native development environment: we use AI coding assistants and agentic workflows as part of our daily software-development lifecycle, and we hold that velocity to a hard bar of automated testing and code review. We expect engineers who can move fast and keep the quality gates green.
Key job responsibilities
Key job responsibilities
Invent New Paradigms: Move beyond traditional voice UI to build "Ambient Intelligence" experiences that span Alexa, Fire TV, and mobile/wearable surfaces, focusing on proactive assistance rather than reactive commands.
Rapid Innovation: Operate in a fast-paced environment where you will prototype, test, and deploy features that leverage multimodal inputs (camera, audio, and documents) to create personalized customer magic.
Cross-Surface Continuity: Ensure that a customer’s experience is persistent and context-aware beyond the device boundaries - whether they are at their desk using Alexa.com, in their living room with Fire TV, or on the go with a wearable.
Design, build, test, and operate scalable backend services and libraries that power AI/LLM-driven features.
Integrate and harden model providers, tools, and agent capabilities behind clean, versioned interfaces — with sane failure behavior, observability, and cost/latency awareness.
Build evaluation and regression tooling so AI behavior is measured, gated, and trustworthy — not vibes.
Apply security-conscious, fail-closed design to anything touching credentials, user data, tool execution, or autonomous actions.
Work fluently alongside AI coding assistants: decompose tasks an agent can execute, critically review AI-generated code, and keep engineering rigor high at AI speed.
A day in the life
A day in the life
In our team, you will get to build new products and features from the ground up. You will define and build features and tools used by thousands of developers for building for millions of customers. We work across multiple internal teams as well as product to define what we are building and make it a reality. SDEs on this team are actively writing code, as well as working on designs and mentoring others. As the Device OS org we get to work horizontally across many exciting new device types.
About the team
About the team
We’re a platform team that builds the shared AI/agent infrastructure used across multiple products. We care about correctness, safety, and developer experience in equal measure. We operate test-first, review adversarially, keep our core clean and reusable, and treat AI as a tool that raises the engineering bar.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- 1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience
- 1+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using: C#, C++, Java, or Perl experience
- 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience
- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ 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.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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, CA, Irvine - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually
DESCRIPTION
The Amazon Devices Software & Services team is looking for a Software Development Engineer to join a high-velocity, specialized team. This is not a traditional framework or infrastructure role - we are building a new groundbreaking customer experience that will define how millions of users worldwide interact with their technology - making it more proactive, intuitive, and invisible.
We’re building the systems that put AI into production — the runtime, services, and tooling that turn large language models and autonomous agents into reliable, safe, scalable products. As a Software Development Engineer II, you’ll design and ship core software in this stack: model and tool integrations, the agent execution loop, evaluation and quality pipelines, and the APIs that product teams build on. You’ll own meaningful components end to end, make real design decisions, and write production code that runs against real users and real data.
This is a hands-on building role for an engineer who wants to go deep on AI infrastructure — not just call an API, but engineer the reliability, safety, and performance around it. You’ll also work in an AI-native development environment: we use AI coding assistants and agentic workflows as part of our daily software-development lifecycle, and we hold that velocity to a hard bar of automated testing and code review. We expect engineers who can move fast and keep the quality gates green.
Key job responsibilities
Key job responsibilities
Invent New Paradigms: Move beyond traditional voice UI to build "Ambient Intelligence" experiences that span Alexa, Fire TV, and mobile/wearable surfaces, focusing on proactive assistance rather than reactive commands.
Rapid Innovation: Operate in a fast-paced environment where you will prototype, test, and deploy features that leverage multimodal inputs (camera, audio, and documents) to create personalized customer magic.
Cross-Surface Continuity: Ensure that a customer’s experience is persistent and context-aware beyond the device boundaries - whether they are at their desk using Alexa.com, in their living room with Fire TV, or on the go with a wearable.
Design, build, test, and operate scalable backend services and libraries that power AI/LLM-driven features.
Integrate and harden model providers, tools, and agent capabilities behind clean, versioned interfaces — with sane failure behavior, observability, and cost/latency awareness.
Build evaluation and regression tooling so AI behavior is measured, gated, and trustworthy — not vibes.
Apply security-conscious, fail-closed design to anything touching credentials, user data, tool execution, or autonomous actions.
Work fluently alongside AI coding assistants: decompose tasks an agent can execute, critically review AI-generated code, and keep engineering rigor high at AI speed.
A day in the life
A day in the life
In our team, you will get to build new products and features from the ground up. You will define and build features and tools used by thousands of developers for building for millions of customers. We work across multiple internal teams as well as product to define what we are building and make it a reality. SDEs on this team are actively writing code, as well as working on designs and mentoring others. As the Device OS org we get to work horizontally across many exciting new device types.
About the team
About the team
We’re a platform team that builds the shared AI/agent infrastructure used across multiple products. We care about correctness, safety, and developer experience in equal measure. We operate test-first, review adversarially, keep our core clean and reusable, and treat AI as a tool that raises the engineering bar.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- 1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience
- 1+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using: C#, C++, Java, or Perl experience
- 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience
- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ 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.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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, CA, Irvine - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually
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Where Washington roles are concentrated, by current openings.
Software Development Manager Job Market in Washington
A snapshot from current Washington openings, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
- Amazon274
- Amazon Web Services149
- Blue Origin16
- ByteDance6
- Expedia6
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software39
- Distribution & Wholesale23
- Retail17
- E-Commerce & Online Marketplaces17
- Insurance2
What Washington Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in software development manager jobs across Washington.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related technical field
- Proven experience leading software engineering teams through full product development cycles
- Hands-on background as a software engineer or senior developer before moving into management
- Familiarity with agile methodologies including Scrum, Kanban, or SAFe at scale
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud in production environments
- Strong record of cross-functional collaboration with product, design, and infrastructure teams
Software Development Manager Jobs in Washington: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a software development manager in Washington?
The most direct path is building several years of hands-on software engineering experience, then demonstrating leadership through tech lead or staff engineer roles before formally managing a team. Washington does not require a state-issued license for software development managers. Most employers in the Seattle and Eastside markets expect a bachelor's degree in computer science or a closely related field, and many favor candidates who have led teams building distributed or cloud-native systems.
Which companies hire software development managers in Washington?
Employers hiring software development managers in Washington right now include Amazon, Amazon Web Services, and Blue Origin, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Washington's density of technology headquarters and large engineering campuses makes it one of the few markets where both hyper-scale companies and well-funded growth-stage firms compete for experienced engineering managers at the same time.
Which Washington cities have the most software development manager jobs?
Seattle, Redmond, and Bellevue have the most software development manager openings in Washington. Seattle anchors the largest share because of its concentration of technology headquarters and major cloud and e-commerce operations, while Bellevue and Redmond reflect the massive engineering campuses of Microsoft and other established tech employers that have built their largest teams on the Eastside.
Are there remote software development manager jobs in Washington?
Yes, and more than most fields. About 45% of software development manager openings tied to Washington are remote or hybrid as of September 2026, reflecting how naturally suited the role is to distributed work. The parts of the job most commonly done remotely are one-on-ones, sprint planning, and roadmap reviews, while on-site presence is most often required for hiring interviews, team offsites, and cross-functional strategy sessions.
How can I get hired as a software development manager in Washington with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is moving into a formal engineering management role from a senior or staff engineer position at a Washington employer that offers structured internal mobility, such as Amazon, Microsoft, or mid-size technology companies in the Seattle and Eastside market. Look for internal postings labeled engineering lead, tech lead manager, or development lead, which often serve as first-rung management roles. Building a record of mentoring junior engineers and owning a roadmap deliverable strengthens any internal or external candidacy significantly.
Where can I find and apply to software development manager jobs in Washington?
You can find and apply to software development manager jobs in Washington on Migrate Mate, which lists current Washington openings across industries and hiring levels. Find roles that fit your experience and apply directly to the employers posting them.
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