Amazon · 19 hours ago
Sr Software Development Engineer , AXU
Arlington, Virginia, USA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$168K/yr - $227K/yr
5+ years expAmazon.com Services LLC is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer for their eXperiences & Upskilling (AXU) team. The role involves designing and building sophisticated AI agent systems and providing tools that enable teams to create inclusive products. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver transformative experiences and mentor junior engineers.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)DeliveryE-CommerceFoundational AIRetail
Responsibilities
As a Senior SDE on our team, you'll design and build sophisticated AI agent systems that leverage LLM & SLM technologies
You'll architect scalable solutions using Amazon Bedrock's agent core technologies, develop custom MCP servers, and create intelligent automation that transforms how our customers interact with AI
Your work will directly impact millions of users as you push the boundaries of what's possible with generative AI
In this highly strategic, individual contributor role, you will work closely with cross-functional teams across Amazon to enable the delivery of transformative experiences
You will be relentlessly focused on providing Amazon's builders with the processes and tools that will make it effortless for teams to meet even more customers, with everything they build
Qualification
Required
5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team
Experience managing and deploying ML products
Experience with Machine Learning and Large Language Model fundamentals, including architecture, training/inference lifecycles, and optimization of model execution, or experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team
Experience working with Learning Management Systems (LMS) to track and measure training results and learning effectiveness
Advanced prompt engineering expertise (few-shot, chain-of-thought, ReAct, self-consistency techniques)
Hands-on experience with MCP Tools and integrating agent frameworks
Strong knowledge of Amazon Bedrock's agents, guardrails, knowledge bases, and model evaluation capabilities
Preferred
5+ 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
Experience developing cloud native CI/CD workflows and tools, such as Jenkins, Bamboo, TeamCity, Code Deploy (AWS) or GitLab
Experience selling AI/ML solutions
Experience in developing and deploying LLMs in production on GPUs, Neuron, TPU or other AI acceleration hardware, or experience with interrupt service routines
Experience in A/B testing
Experience with retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) using Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases and OpenSearch
Familiarity with multi-agent orchestration, workflow automation using AWS Step Functions and Bedrock Agents
Benefits
Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
401(k) matching
Paid time off
Parental leave
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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