Amazon
Principal Software Engineer
- Location
- Grand Central, Manhattan
- Employment
- Full Time
Job summary
Description We are seeking technically deep Principal Engineer to drive the architecture, engineering strategy, and technical standards for AgentCore. AgentCore, is a comprehensive, modular platform for deploying and operating autonomous AI agents securely and at scale, providing serverless runtime, memory, identity, gateway, and observability components. The Principal Engineer will be a hands-on technical leader, tackling the hardest, most ambiguous problems in the rapidly evolving Generative …
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Interview process at Amazon
Leadership Principles-heavy. Expect every behavioral answer to map to at least one LP. Coding rounds are LeetCode medium; system design at senior+.
- Recruiter screen
- OA (online assessment) - 2 coding problems + work simulation + logic puzzles
- Phone screen with hiring manager (behavioral + 1 coding)
- Full loop: 4-5 rounds, each explicitly mapping to 2-3 Leadership Principles. One 'Bar Raiser' round - most weight.
- Debrief + offer