Sr. ML Software Development Engineer, Center for Quantum Computing

The AWS Center for Quantum Computing (CQC) is seeking a Sr. Software Development Engineer to lead the technical direction of our software team responsible for accelerating the hardware operations flywheel. You will work closely with other Software Development Engineers Research Scientists and a Technical Program Manager.



Key job responsibilities
* You will lead the system architecture design introduce best practices and influence the teams long-term decisions to ensure high-quality products. You will also mentor and develop other engineers.
* You will work directly with scientists and engineers to understand their problems and propose workable solutions. Translate user stories into software design documents demonstrating sensible trade-offs between complexity and delivery.
* You will design software and implement it in a logical and maintainable manner. Taking ownership over the stability and quality of the software stack by identifying proposing and implementing features that will accelerate our realization of quantum computing technologies.
* You will identify bottlenecks pain points integration issues and develop improvements to the fabrication teams workflows.

We are looking for candidates with strong engineering principles resourcefulness a bias for action superior problem-solving skills and excellent communication skills. Candidates should also possess a genuine curiosity and readiness to grasp the domain knowledge of our research scientists. Working effectively within a team environment is essential. As a software engineer embedded in a research organization you will have the opportunity to work on new ideas and contribute to the development of fault-tolerant quantum computers.

Example projects include:

* Build and maintain data streaming pipelines from our fabrication tools.
* Deploying forecasting ML models to production for predictive maintenance of our fabrication tools.
* Develop features for streamlining fabrication planning timeline estimation and retrospective analysis of product flows.
* Design database schemas modeling processes and artifacts of our device lifecycle workflow



About the team
You will be joining the Device Lifecycle software development team within the AWS Center of Quantum Computing. Our team is comprised of software engineers who are building software that enables scaling up quantum computing technologies.

- 7 years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 7 years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
- 4 years of leading design or architecture (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience as a mentor tech lead or leading an engineering team

- Experience managing and deploying ML products
- Masters degree in Science Technology Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) or PhD
- Experience working with scientists economists software developers or product managers
- Experience building services using AWS products

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees supervisors and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees supervisors and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal state and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct adverse and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies exercise sound judgment effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism and safeguard business operations and the Companys reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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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 CA Pasadena - 168100.00 - 227400.00 USD annually