Amazon Software Development Engineer Internship

Amazon’s Software Development Engineer Internship gives students genuine ownership of a project on a live Amazon or AWS team for twelve to sixteen weeks, with competitive pay and relocation support in many of its offices worldwide. Interviews combine coding challenges with behavioral questions built on Amazon’s Leadership Principles, and strong interns convert into full-time SDE offers.

Postings open continuously on amazon.jobs across North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia, peaking from late summer for the following year and closing as seats fill. Parallel internship tracks in operations, finance, applied science and business intelligence widen the entry points beyond software.

• Students enrolled in a bachelor's, master's or PhD program in computer science, software engineering or a related field, returning to studies after the internship.
• Programming proficiency in at least one language such as Java, C++ or Python, with strong data structures and algorithms fundamentals.
• Roles exist across Amazon's businesses: e-commerce, AWS cloud, Alexa, logistics, advertising, devices and more.
• Parallel non-SDE internships run in operations, finance, business intelligence, applied science and design with their own requirements.
• Eligibility to work in the hosting country; Amazon supports work authorization for many roles and regions.
• Behavioral alignment with Amazon's Leadership Principles is explicitly assessed.
• Each posting defines its exact graduation-window requirements, so match yourself to the right one.

• Design, build, test and ship software as a member of an Amazon or AWS team, owning a project end to end.
• Work within the team's code base and review culture at production standards.
• Make data-driven decisions and document designs the Amazon way.
• Collaborate with your manager, mentor and stakeholders through regular check-ins.
• Deliver and present your project by the end of the internship.
• Be assessed against the Leadership Principles for a potential return offer.

• Competitive intern pay with relocation support in many locations, among the top rates in the industry.
• Ownership from day one: Amazon interns famously ship real features rather than sandbox exercises.
• Exposure to systems operating at extreme scale across retail, cloud and devices.
• High-volume hiring with continuous postings across North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Australia.
• Structured mentorship, intern events and a formal conversion process into full-time SDE roles.
• AWS, applied science and operations tracks widen the door beyond pure software profiles.

• Search 'intern' on amazon.jobs and filter by role family and region; postings open year-round with peaks from late summer for the following year and close as positions fill.
• Apply with a concise CV built around projects and measurable outcomes; a referral helps but is not required.
• Complete the online assessments promptly when they arrive, including coding tests and the work-style evaluation.
• Prepare for interviews that combine coding problems with behavioral questions framed around the Leadership Principles, answered in STAR format.
• Offers follow shortly after final interviews, often with team matching afterward.
• Reapplication in later cycles is common and unpenalized.