Software Development Engineer, Amazon Photos, Amazon Photos AI/ML Infrastructure team

Amazon Photos is looking for an experienced Software Development Engineer to join the AI/ML infrastructure team as we continue to push the boundaries of whats possible with computer vision and deep learning technologies for Amazon Photos. In this role you will have the opportunity to build exciting features being built by Amazon photos using AI/ML technologies and delight our large customer base by providing them with fulfilling customer experiences. We have challenging tasks ahead in our roadmap in problem spaces like image and video understanding Semantic and natural language search and we are looking for an engineer to spearhead development of these features.

Amazon Photos helps consumers preserve and re-live their memories. The service comes with unlimited photo storage for Prime members and apps are available on iOS Android Web Desktop Fire Tablet & Fire TV. We are also integrated into Alexa devices such as Echo Show and Echo Spot. Amazon Photos is the latest digital offering to consumers released on the heels of the Amazon Music and Amazon Video offerings. We have bold goals to scale growth and adoption of the service around the world and delight our customers with a great product.

We are a team that cares about your work-life balance while challenging you to solve problems at Amazon scale. You will be part of a strong team in a fast-paced agile and that encourages innovation. You will get support and resources and opportunities to continue your personal and professional growth.


Key job responsibilities
* You will work on a backend team building new experiences and features for the Photos product.
* You will develop computer vision and AI/ML based solutions using the latest technologies and design them to operate efficiently at a high scale.
* Your solutions will help resolve product and architectural deficiencies.
* You will work closely with business product and technical stakeholders investigate design approaches evaluate technical feasibility and drive measurable success.
* You will work in an agile environment to deliver high-quality software with a limited guidance.
* You will contribute to improving engineering test and operational excellence best practices on your team. Youll help define standards and implement them as well.

About the team
Amazon Photos organization is composed of software development engineers eager to learn and strong owners who thrive in a collaborative fast-paced environment. Were an inclusive team that genuinely enjoys working together and celebrating our successes.

We have an exciting roadmap ahead with plans to continuously enhance the quality and reliability of our inference services while expanding our AI/ML infrastructure to handle rapidly growing photo and video upload volumes. These efforts are crucial for driving long-term growth and delighting Amazon Photos customers. If you share our passion for building world-class AI systems wed love to have you join us.

One of our top priorities is scaling our semantic natural language search feature across the U.S. and international markets. This will involve leveraging advanced AI and machine learning capabilities to power enhanced search and memory generation for our customers. Were particularly excited about the potential of large language models (LLMs) to improve natural language understanding and enable new user experiences. We also plan to expand our understanding of images and videos extracting additional signals from them to drive better customer experiences.


- 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 modern language such as Java C or C# including object-oriented design

- 3 years of full software development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing and operations experience
- Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity sign-on payments and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package in addition to a full range of medical financial and/or other benefits. For more information please visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.