I interviewed recently and yes you would most likely have to relocate to Seattle or Virginia. I think I did fairly well on the interview but didn't get the job

I interviewed recently and yes you would most likely have to relocate to Seattle or Virginia. I think I did fairly well on the interview but didn't get the job. I think I might have been too high priced like you. One of Amazon's principals is "being frugal" so I'm guessing they found someone cheaper because I was looking for around the same salary. Also being "fullstack" is not necessarily something they want. What I've seen with larger companies like Amazon, is that there is often no position for fullstack developers. Most developers end up focusing on some part of the stack. I'm a fullstack developer too, so while that is a great trait, I don't think it necessarily helps with Amazon developer positions. Although you do have a leg up because you have Java experience. Amazon uses a lot Java from what I could gather from the interview.