Software Dev Engineer II, Alexa for Shopping

We're working to improve shopping on Amazon using the conversational capabilities of large language models (LLM), and are searching for pioneers who are passionate about technology, innovation, and customer experience, and are ready to make a lasting impact on the industry. You'll be working with talented scientists and engineers to innovate on behalf of our customers. If you're fired up about being part of a dynamic, driven team, then this is your moment to join us on this exciting journey!, In this role you will leverage both your engineering and machine learning background to help develop generative AI for shopping. On a day-to-day basis, you will:

• Design and implementation of a stable and efficient training system for model training and reinforcement learning that scale to various of model sizes and architecture.
• Collaborate with other talented applied scientists and engineers to improve training efficiency and reliability that accelerates innovation.
• Design and implement scalable data infrastructure: that handle Amazon-scale data ingestion, processing, and delivery across different training and evaluation stages;
• Quickly learn and adopt state-of-the-art technologies and algorithms in the field of Generative AI.

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
• Knowledge of Machine Learning and LLM fundamentals, including transformer architecture, training/inference lifecycles, and optimization techniques, Master's degree in engineering, technology, computer science, machine learning, robotics, operations research, statistics, mathematics or equivalent quantitative field, or GSEC (GIAC Security Essentials) and 1+ years of data scientist or similar role involving data extraction, analysis, statistical modeling and communication experience

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including 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, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, CA, Palo Alto - 165,200.00 - 223,600.00 USD annually