Amazon

Software Development Engineer , Project Dawn

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2 months ago
Seattle, WA, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$144k - $194k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Own the end-to-end design, development, deployment, and operational health of services using large language models and generative AI.
  • Design and deliver distributed production selection-processing pipelines from product-catalog ingestion through customer-facing offer availability.
  • Build distributed extraction pipelines using LLMs and browser automation to convert merchant website data into structured product offers.
  • Partner with applied scientists and engineering teams on massive datasets, ML model scaling, evaluation criteria, data quality, and checkout integration.
  • Drive architecture and technical strategy for data-enrichment pipelines, model-optimization frameworks, and evaluation methodologies.
  • Prototype generative AI technologies and move successful experiments into production while managing technical risks and roadblocks.
  • Maintain production health, offer freshness, accuracy SLAs, and operational excellence for owned systems.
  • Mentor engineers through code reviews, design discussions, technical coaching, and knowledge sharing.

Requirements

  • At least 3 years of experience designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded, or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services.
  • Experience using C#, C++, Java, or Perl.
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
  • Knowledge of professional software engineering practices across the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, architecture, code reviews, source control, continuous deployments, testing, and operational excellence.
  • Preferred master's degree in computer science or equivalent.
  • Preferred experience contributing to architecture and design, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
  • Preferred knowledge of machine learning and LLM fundamentals, including transformer architecture, training and inference lifecycles, and optimization techniques.
  • Preferred experience programming in a modern language such as Java, C++, or C# with object-oriented design.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life and AD&D insurance, and optional supplemental life plans.
  • Employee Assistance Program, mental health support, medical advice line, flexible spending accounts, and adoption and surrogacy reimbursement coverage.
  • 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave.
  • Sign-on payments and restricted stock units may be included in the overall compensation package.
  • Position is based in Seattle, Washington, USA; the posting lists an annual base salary range of $143,700 to $194,400.

Tech Stack

C#C++JavaPerl
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About Amazon

10,000+ employees

Amazon builds and operates a global e-commerce marketplace, logistics network, and consumer devices, and provides cloud computing via AWS for businesses and developers. The company earns revenue from online retail, third‑party seller services, subscriptions like Prime, advertising, and AWS usage. Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Seattle, it is publicly traded on NASDAQ (AMZN) and serves customers in dozens of countries.

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