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Bezos Academy · 17 hours ago

Senior Software Engineer – AI Applications

Seattle, Washington, United States

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$161K/yr - $255K/yr

8+ years exp

Bezos Academy is committed to expanding access to play-focused preschool education in underserved communities, and they are seeking a Senior AI Applications Engineer. In this role, you will develop AI-powered software applications that serve educational content for children and families, working closely with a product development team to create intelligent systems.

ChildrenEducationNon Profit

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Help build AI-powered software applications that serve educational content for children and families

Play a pivotal role in developing intelligent systems for consumers with a small product development team

Combine digital experiences for families with analog activities for children

Expand access to early childhood development programs for families of all kinds

Deliver solutions that solve human problems

Work effectively despite constraints on time and resources

Launch AI-powered applications in collaboration with product-development teams

Apply practical AI workflows and sound software-engineering principles to build impactful AI products

Navigate ambiguity, iterate quickly, and shape solutions that earn customer love

Strengthen the safety, performance, and ethics of AI features

Invent, measure, and iterate for children

Qualification

PythonAI application developmentAWS servicesTypeScriptSQLModel evaluation techniquesTensorFlowPyTorchDevOps practicesEnglish fluency

Required

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Eight or more years of experience developing and deploying full-stack applications, including two or more years working on AI-powered applications in production environments

Proficiency in Python for backend development and integrating AI capabilities

Working knowledge of TypeScript and SQL for full-stack development and data handling

Experience integrating pre-trained foundation models, including large language models (LLMs) and multi-modal models, into production applications

Familiarity with model evaluation techniques, such as prompt testing, output validation, and performance monitoring

Experience with AWS services, especially those relevant to AI applications (e.g., Bedrock, Lambda, EC2, S3, RDS, DynamoDB)

Understanding of AI safety practices, including inference validation, implementing guardrails, and handling personally identifiable information (PII) and sensitive data responsibly

Ability to speak, read, and write English fluently

Preferred

Experience with LangChain or similar frameworks for orchestrating LLM workflows and agentic behavior (e.g., tool use, planning, memory)

Familiarity with TensorFlow or PyTorch for running inference or adapting pre-trained models

Exposure to vector databases and embedding techniques, especially in retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) workflows

Experience implementing AWS Bedrock Guardrails or similar safety mechanisms

Understanding of LLM evaluation strategies, including prompt engineering and human feedback loops

Experience with DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines, test automation, and infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., AWS CDK)

Benefits

15 paid days of vacation

4 days of paid personal time off

9 paid days of sick (care) time

9 paid holidays

5 paid days off for an organization-wide winter break

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

A 401(k) plan with a 4% employer contribution match

Paid parental leave

An employer-matched flexible spending account for dependent care

Company

Bezos Academy

Bezos Academy is a non-profit organization that offers Montessori-styled preschools to provide access to quality education to all children.

Founded in 2019

Seattle, Washington, USA

501-1000 employees

https://www.bezosacademy.org/

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