Amazon · 1 day ago
SDE II, Shopping Conversation Foundation
Seattle, Washington, USA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
$129K/yr - $224K/yr
3+ years expAmazon is a leading technology company seeking a Software Development Engineer II to join their Shopping Conversation Foundation team. The role focuses on developing innovative catalog and commerce systems leveraging generative AI and Large Language Models to enhance shopping experiences for customers.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)DeliveryE-CommerceFoundational AIRetail
Responsibilities
Design, develop, and own distributed systems that power a worldwide product catalog at internet scale, ingesting and processing data from brands and retailers globally to make the world's selection discoverable to customers
Collaborate closely with Applied Scientists to apply Large Language Models and generative AI techniques to build intelligent primitives that transform how customers discover and evaluate products
Build robust, scalable systems that handle complex data flows, API integrations, and catalog synchronization across diverse commerce platforms
Develop primitives and services that enable seamless purchasing experiences, allowing customers to complete transactions and manage orders without leaving Amazon while maintaining high availability, performance, and customer trust
Own the full software development lifecycle for your systems, from requirements gathering and design through implementation, testing, deployment, monitoring, and operational excellence
Drive technical innovation by experimenting with generative AI and LLMs to solve challenging problems in product catalog construction, selection discovery, and commerce experiences at scale
Establish engineering best practices, write high-quality code, conduct thorough code reviews, and mentor junior engineers on distributed systems design and machine learning applications
Monitor system health, troubleshoot production issues, and continuously improve system performance, reliability, and cost efficiency for services operating at Amazon scale
Participate in on-call rotations to ensure operational excellence and rapid response to any customer-impacting issues
Qualification
Required
3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
Experience programming with at least one software programming language
Preferred
3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
Benefits
Equity
Sign-on payments
Full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits
Company
Amazon
Amazon is a tech firm with a focus on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$8.11BKey Investors
AmazonKleiner Perkins
2023-01-03Post Ipo Debt· $8B
2001-07-24Post Ipo Equity· $100M
1997-05-15IPO
Leadership Team
Douglas J. Herrington
CEO, Worldwide Amazon Stores
Werner Vogels
VP & CTO
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