Software Development Engineer Intern

About the Role

At Amazon, our engineers work on scalable systems, cloud services, and customer-facing products that operate at global scale. This is an environment where you learn by building. You'll take ownership early, collaborate across teams and disciplines, and grow your skills as you tackle new problems.

This is a Summer 2027 internship role in the United States. All intern roles require in-person work and are 12 weeks in duration, starting in May/June and ending in August/September.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate and communicate effectively with experienced cross-disciplinary Amazonians to design, build, and operate innovative products and services that delight our customers, while participating in technical discussions to drive solutions forward.
• Break down complex, ambiguous problems into well-defined, solvable components before implementation.
• Contribute to the design and development of scalable, reliable services, with distributed-systems scope varying by team.
• Participate in code reviews as a core engineering practice, providing constructive feedback and validating correctness, including for AI-generated code.
• Contribute to clear and accurate technical documentation.
• Use GenAI and AI-powered tools to enhance development productivity, and critically validate, verify, and integrate AI-generated code, exercising sound judgment about when to trust AI output and when not to.
• Write clean, maintainable code following best practices and design patterns, including AI-assisted.
• Work in an agile environment practicing CI/CD principles while participating in operational responsibilities including on-call duties.
• Demonstrate operational excellence through monitoring, troubleshooting, and resolving production issues.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Experience with at least one general-purpose programming language such as Java, Python, C++, C#, Go, Rust, or TypeScript.
• Experience with data structure implementation, basic algorithm development, and/or object-oriented design principles.
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools in academic or professional settings.
• Work 40 hours/week minimum and commit to 12-week internship maximum.
• Expected degree conferral date between October 2027 – September 2029.
• Have a minimum of one quarter/semester/trimester remaining in their studies after their internship concludes.
• Specialized areas to highlight expertise in include: Machine Learning, Distributed Systems and Data Management, Database Systems, Quantum Computing, Network Development, Query Processing and Optimization, Automated Reasoning, Embedded Systems, Data Engineering, Mobile Development, Game Development.

Qualifications

• Are 18 years of age or older.
• Are enrolled in a Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Data Science, Information Systems, or related STEM fields.
• Experience from previous technical internships or demonstrated project experience.
• Experience with Cloud platforms (preferably AWS), database systems (SQL and NoSQL), AI tools for development productivity, contributing to open-source projects, and/or version control systems.
• Knowledge of software development lifecycle, including design, development, test, build, deployment processes and timelines.
• Strong problem decomposition, problem-solving, and analytical skills.
• Demonstrated ownership and initiative in seeing work through from design to operation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to learn and adapt to new technologies quickly.