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Amazon · 12 hours ago

Sr. Software Dev Engineer in Test, Kuiper Anchor

Redmond, WA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$151K/yr - $262K/yr

4+ years exp

Amazon is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to enhance automation and release processes within the Kuiper project. The role involves managing CI/CD pipelines, improving release quality, and collaborating with engineering teams to troubleshoot and resolve issues.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)DeliveryE-CommerceRetail

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Own the daily build, test, and release pipelines end to end

Monitor pipeline health, stability, and performance

Diagnose and resolve pipeline failures (build, test, infra, dependency issues)

Reduce flaky tests and nondeterministic failures

Improve pipeline speed, reliability, and signal-to-noise ratio

Manage software build and release activities across environments

Track releases, validate readiness, and enforce quality gates

Support complex, multi-stage release processes

Ensure releases meet quality, compliance, and reliability standards

Partner with Dev, QA, and Ops during releases and hotfixes

Design, implement, and maintain automated test frameworks (API, integration, system, end-to-end)

Integrate automated tests seamlessly into CI/CD pipelines

Ensure test coverage aligns with risk, not just code coverage

Build tooling to improve test execution efficiency and observability

Respond to pipeline, release, and production-impacting issues

Participate in triage, on-call rotations, and incident resolution

Debug high-complexity failures across code, infrastructure, and environments

Drive root cause analysis (RCA) and preventative fixes

Create automated solutions to improve reliability, scalability, and efficiency

Identify systemic issues and eliminate manual processes

Introduce metrics, dashboards, and alerts for build/test/release health

Champion best practices in testing, automation, and release management

Influence architecture and design for testability and reliability

Mentor junior engineers on automation and CI/CD practices

Partner closely with DevOps, Platform, and Infrastructure teams

Drive standards and long-term quality strategy

Qualification

Test automation frameworksCI/CD pipeline managementSoftware QA testingProgramming JavaProgramming C++Programming C#Penetration testingTechnical leadershipCollaborationProblem-solving

Required

4+ years of non-internship professional software development testing experience

3+ years of test automation frameworks and tools building experience

3+ years of software QA testing work with writing the test plans, use cases, and issue reports experience

Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules

Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design, or experience programming with at least one software programming language

Experience in penetration testing and exploitability-focused vulnerability assessment