Amazon Catalog Services builds the systems that host and run the worlds largest e-Commerce catalog. Within this organization Product Knowledge (PK) is responsible for mining modeling storing and vending the product catalog metadata. This metadata (schema) governs all the possible product information and powers Amazon end-to-end processes starting on how we organize products how we define all possible product attributes how we guide selling partners when listing them all the way to power customer shopping experiences (e.g. product overview in detail pages browse taxonomy search and navigation filters). If youve ever shopped on Amazon you interacted with our product.
We are expanding our ability to process metadata using Generative AI building Product Knowledge making faster decisions comparable to humans by leveraging LLMs and GenAI Agents with high precision. This includes scaling resiliency of our services for providing a unified body of content to downstream clients. This includes scaling resiliency of our services for providing a unified body of content to downstream clients. We are hiring a Software Development Engineer (SDE) to join our teams in New York.
As a Software Development Engineer you will tackle our most complex challenges building high-quality architecturally sound systems that align with our business needs and propel us forward. Youll translate business needs into workable technology solutions collaborating closely with product managers and engineering teams to deliver innovative products. Your expertise will be both deep and broad allowing you to produce detailed technical work high-level architectural designs and solutions that push the boundaries of whats possible.
Key job responsibilities
Our products are cover both automated services and solutions designed for business users so you must have full-stack experience and be comfortable traversing across backend and front-end. Were prioritizing the following experience:
-Proven experience in leveraging the right AWS tech stacks and methodologies to build highly performant scalable systems that fit our fast growing businesss scale.
-Programming proficency with at least one of Java (Coral framework preferred) Python or TypeScript
-Experience in handling non-deterministic AI/ML systems including error handling fallback strategies and managing unpredictable outputs from LLMs
-Experience in partnering with scientist to deliver scalable services based on AI/ML systems
-Knowledge of personalization systems recommendation engines or dynamic content generation
About the team
Team members are enthusiastic friendly and supportive. Our team has a broad mix of experience levels and Amazon tenures and were building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing mentorship and high quality work.
- 3 years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 4 years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Bachelors degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science Engineering Mathematics or a related field
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language
- Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent
- 5 years of full software development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing and operations experience
- Experience with Machine Learning and Large Language Model fundamentals including architecture training/inference lifecycles and optimization of model execution
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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 NY New York - 158100.00 - 213800.00 USD annually