Sr Software Development Engineer , AXU

As a Software Development Engineer for Amazon eXperiences & Upskilling (AXU) you will be responsible for delivering the tools and processes required to ensure ensure every experience built with Amazon technologies naturally makes customers feel this was designed for people like me. Our technology enables Amazons product engineering user experience and science teams to understand how to build across Amazon broad range of customers employees and communities. We give teams scalable tools to deeply understand and connect with their customers focusing on reaching and delighting a broader customer base.. Youll be at the forefront of building next-generation AI-powered solutions. This role is perfect for someone who combines deep technical expertise in large language models with hands-on experience architecting intelligent agent systems.
In this highly strategic individual contributor role you will work closely with cross-functional teams across Amazon to enable the delivery of transformative inclusive experiences. You will be relentlessly focused on providing Amazons builders with the processes and tools that will make it effortless for teams to build truly inclusive products.
There will be ample opportunities to pitch ideas design global systems and mentor junior engineers across the org. This is a rare opportunity to leave the world better than you found it by creating the tools that shape the future of inclusive experiences at Amazon. Apply now!


Key job responsibilities
As a Senior SDE on our team youll design and build sophisticated AI agent systems that leverage LLM & SLM technologies. Youll architect scalable solutions using Amazon Bedrocks agent core technologies develop custom MCP servers and create intelligent automation that transforms how our customers interact with AI. Your work will directly impact millions of users as you push the boundaries of whats possible with generative this highly strategic individual contributor role you will work closely with cross-functional teams across Amazon to enable the delivery of transformative experiences. You will be relentlessly focused on providing Amazons builders with the processes and tools that will make it effortless for teams to meet even more customers with everything they build.

- 5 years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 5 years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
- 5 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
- Experience with Machine Learning and Large Language Model fundamentals including architecture training/inference lifecycles and optimization of model execution or experience as a mentor tech lead or leading an engineering team
- Experience working with Learning Management Systems (LMS) to track and measure training results and learning effectiveness
- Advanced prompt engineering expertise (few-shot chain-of-thought ReAct self-consistency techniques)
- Hands-on experience with MCP Tools and integrating agent frameworks
- Strong knowledge of Amazon Bedrocks agents guardrails knowledge bases and model evaluation capabilities

- 5 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
- Experience developing cloud native CI/CD workflows and tools such as Jenkins Bamboo TeamCity Code Deploy (AWS) or GitLab
- Experience selling AI/ML solutions
- Experience in developing and deploying LLMs in production on GPUs Neuron TPU or other AI acceleration hardware or experience with interrupt service routines
- Experience in A/B testing
- Experience with retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) using Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases and OpenSearch
- Familiarity with multi-agent orchestration workflow automation using AWS Step Functions and Bedrock Agents

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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 VA Arlington - 168100.00 - 227400.00 USD annually