Amazon · 10 hours ago
Principal Software Engineer, Developer Agents and Experiences, Agentic AI Leadership
Seattle, Washington, USA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$200K/yr - $271K/yr
12+ years expAmazon is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead the evolution of agent orchestration at Kiro. This role involves designing and implementing technical patterns for multi-agent coordination and building systems for orchestration visibility, while also mentoring team members and driving technical processes.
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Responsibilities
Define agent orchestration architecture - Design and implement the technical patterns and infrastructure for multi-agent coordination, agent swarms, and tiered agent architectures (main agents, sub-agents, autonomous agents)
Build orchestration visibility systems - Create mechanisms that make agent behavior observable, debuggable, and controllable at scale
Solve context management at scale - Architect solutions for context sharing and management across agent swarms and multi-agent workflows
Enable cross-product agent coordination - Build the orchestration layer connecting agents across Kiro CLI, IDE, KAA, and future products
Translate power user insights into architecture - Embed proven orchestration practices from our research into scalable technical systems
Lead platform rearchitecture - Evolve Kiro Web to support individual, team, and enterprise orchestration use cases
Establish engineering excellence - Set technical standards through hands-on coding and architectural reviews
Drive strategic decisions - Collaborate with VP Deepak and influence orchestration strategy across the Kiro organization
Scale orchestration accessibility - Make sophisticated multi-agent workflows achievable for developers beyond the senior+ elite
Qualification
Required
12+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
12+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
12+ 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
12+ 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
Experience with AI/ML agent systems, multi-agent coordination, or workflow orchestration patterns
Background in building observability, debugging, or monitoring systems for complex distributed workflows
Track record of solving intrinsically hard problems in areas like context management, state coordination, or autonomous system control
Experience working with user research to inform technical architecture decisions
Contributions to open-source projects in agent frameworks, orchestration tools, or developer platforms
Experience scaling platforms from individual users to team and enterprise deployments
Benefits
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
Parental leave
Company
Amazon
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10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$8.11BKey Investors
AmazonKleiner Perkins
2023-01-03Post Ipo Debt· $8B
2001-07-24Post Ipo Equity· $100M
1997-05-15IPO
Leadership Team
Douglas J. Herrington
CEO, Worldwide Amazon Stores
Werner Vogels
VP & CTO
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