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Software Development Engineer - Amazon OpenSearch, VectorSearch, OpenSearch

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3 days ago
Bellevue, WA, USAMid Level
H1B Sponsor

Base Salary

$144k - $194k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement high-performance vector search algorithms for billion-scale datasets.
  • Develop and optimize GPU-accelerated vector indexing and search capabilities.
  • Build and enhance the OpenSearch k-NN plugin with new distance metrics, quantization techniques, and memory-efficient graph structures.
  • Contribute to tiered hot, warm, and cold storage architecture for vector data.
  • Implement MMAP-based and partial graph loading approaches to reduce working set size.
  • Collaborate with applied scientists on vector search optimization algorithms.
  • Participate in open-source contributions, code reviews, and technical design discussions.

Requirements

  • At least 3 years of non-internship professional software development experience.
  • At least 2 years of non-internship experience designing or architecting new and existing systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
  • Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
  • Programming experience in at least one software programming language.

Benefits

  • Amazon benefits include medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life and AD&D insurance, supplemental life plan options, 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 package may include sign-on payments and restricted stock units; final compensation depends on experience, qualifications, and location.
  • The position is based in Bellevue, Washington.
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