1 month ago
Irvine, CA, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$144k - $194k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, build, test, and operate scalable backend services and libraries that power AI- and LLM-driven features.
- Integrate and harden model providers, tools, and agent capabilities behind clean, versioned interfaces with reliable failure handling, observability, and cost and latency awareness.
- Build evaluation and regression tooling to measure, gate, and improve AI behavior.
- Create proactive, multimodal, context-aware experiences across Alexa, Fire TV, mobile, wearable devices, and Alexa.com.
- Apply security-conscious, fail-closed design to credentials, user data, tool execution, and autonomous actions.
- Work with AI coding assistants and agentic workflows while maintaining automated testing, code review, and engineering quality.
- Collaborate with internal teams and product groups, write production code, make design decisions, and mentor other engineers.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language.
- 2+ years contributing to new and current systems architecture and design, including architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
- Preferred: knowledge of professional software engineering practices across coding standards, software architecture, code review, source control, continuous deployment, testing, and operational excellence.
- Preferred: experience with industry-standard tools and scripting languages such as Python or Perl for automation.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits include medical, dental, vision, prescription, basic life and AD&D insurance, optional supplemental life plans, an employee assistance program, mental health support, a medical advice line, flexible spending accounts, adoption and surrogacy reimbursement, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave.
- The position is located in Irvine, California, USA.
- The package may include sign-on payments and restricted stock units; final compensation depends on experience, qualifications, and location.
Tech Stack
PerlPython
Categories
About Amazon
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.