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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Software Development Engineer II, Amazon Robotics - Manipulation - **Company:** Amazon.com, Inc. - **Location:** Westborough, MA, United States - **Experience:** Experienced - **Salary:** $143,700.0 - $194,400.0 - **Contract:** Internship / Graduate position - **Skills:** Amazon S3, Data Analysis, Computer Vision, Big Data, Code Review, Computer Programming, Data Visualization, Software Design Documents, Software Design Patterns, Programming Tools, Distributed Systems, Amazon DynamoDB, Monitoring of Systems, Machine Learning, Performance Tuning, Software Engineering, Mobile Robots, Model Validation, Cloudformation, Event Driven Architecture, Information Technology, Maintaining Code, Apache Kafka, Build Process, Data Management, Machine Learning Operations, Software Coding, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Stream Processing, Software Version Control, Data Pipelines - **Published:** July 18, 2026 - **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/E7A1026A8AB2434685B5A5EBAD87026D/job/ ## About the Role * 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 * Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent * Experience designing and building distributed systems or data-intensive applications * Experience with the full software development lifecycle: design, implementation, testing, deployment, and operations, * 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience * Experience with ML infrastructure (training pipelines, model serving, feature stores, monitoring) * Experience with event-driven architectures and stream processing at scale (Kinesis, Kafka, SQS) * Experience with AWS services (ECS, Lambda, SageMaker, DynamoDB, S3, Athena) * Experience building developer tools, data platforms, or observability systems * Familiarity with ML concepts (model evaluation, data drift, active learning, annotation pipelines) * Experience working in robotics, or computer vision * Experience with infrastructure-as-code (CDK, CloudFormation) * Strong written communication skills, ability to author design documents and influence technical decisions ## Description The Fleet Performance Optimization (FPO) organization builds the intelligence layer for Amazon Robotics manipulation workcells. We own the systems that select what work a robot should attempt, monitor how it performs, and close the loop by improving models with every induct. Our platforms serve Sparrow, Cardinal, FlexCell, and Robin workcells that handle millions of packages across Amazon's fulfillment network. We operate across the full ML and data lifecycle: Work Selection Intelligence - Eligibility scoring and predictions (likelihood-to-empty, damage prediction, time-to-process, pick eligibility) that feed into work planners, identifying which totes and items reach each workcell. Data & Observability - A common datalake collecting telemetry from every automated and manual workcell, fleet monitoring that detects performance degradation in real time and alerts Ops, and deep-dive tooling that enables engineers and scientists to investigate workcell behavior. ML Lifecycle - Annotation orchestration, model training pipelines, production monitoring, and deployment infrastructure that keeps models current across the fleet. Predictive Models - Science-developed foundational models applied to eligibility, fleet performance forecasting, and dynamic floor policies that adapt to changing conditions without manual intervention. Our systems process tens of millions of events daily, serve real-time scoring at workcell-runtime latency, and directly impact fulfillment cost per unit., As an SDE on FPO, you will design, build, and operate distributed systems that sit at the intersection of robotics, machine learning, and large-scale data processing. You will work closely with scientists, program facilators, and partner engineering teams to translate research into production systems that operate reliably at fleet scale. Depending on the team, your work may include: * Building high-throughput, event-based scoring services that process real-time inventory signals across 10+ warehouses and hundreds of workcells * Designing config-based annotation orchestration systems that onboard new ML data pipelines without code changes * Developing model deployment infrastructure spanning edge devices, cloud inference services, and planning systems * Building fleet monitoring systems that use VLMs and statistical methods to detect performance anomalies and surface root causes * Creating unified data exploration and visualization tools used daily by engineers, scientists, and operations * Implementing ongoing learning systems that intelligently select which data to collect based on inference outcomes * Extending our foundation models, which are the backbone for multiple prediction tasks * Own your systems end-to-end - from design through production operations - and your work will have direct, measurable impact on workcell throughput, quality, and cost., Impact at scale - Your code runs on hundreds of workcells processing millions of packages. Improvements compound across the fleet. Science meets engineering - You work alongside ML scientists and translate their research into production systems. You don't just deploy models, you build the platforms that make the entire ML lifecycle faster. Breadth of problems - From real-time scoring services to VLM-based monitoring to data platform design, the technical surface area is wide and deep. Ownership - Small teams, high self-governance, direct line from your work to business outcomes. ## Related Videos - [Alibaba Big Data and Machine Learning Technology](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/37-alibaba-big-data-and-machine-learning-technology) - [WeAreDevelopers LIVE - CSS is DOOMed](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1838-wearedevelopers-live-css-is-doomed) - [Are Code Reviews Worth It? Insights from 16 Years of Review Data](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1135-are-code-reviews-worth-it-insights-from-16-years-of-review-data) - [Robots are coming into the wild! 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