Sr. Software Development Engineer, Conversational AI Modeling and Learning, Alexa Conversationa[...]

Amazon; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Join an innovative team at the forefront of AI technology, where your expertise will shape the future of conversational agents. In this role, you will lead the development of cutting-edge solutions that utilize state-of-the-art innovations in Large Language Models. Your contributions will directly impact millions of customers by enhancing their interactions with AI. This is a unique opportunity to work in a dynamic environment, collaborate with talented engineers and scientists, and drive the architecture of tomorrow's AI systems. If you're passionate about creating impactful technology and thrive in a fast-paced setting, this position is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software development experience in various programming languages.
• Experience leading design and architecture of systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of high-performance conversational AI solutions.
• Collaborate with scientists to optimize conversational use cases.

Skills

Software Development

Programming Languages

Design Patterns

Mentorship

Agile/Scrum Methodologies

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Job description

The Alexa Conversational AI Modeling and Learning (CAMEL) team is looking for a highly-skilled SDE to lead a new initiative which is at the forefront of using state of the art (SOTA) innovations in Large Language Models (LLMs) to build an AI agent which can converse naturally with customers, entertain them, perform their requested tasks and act autonomously to solve complex tasks.

As a Sr.SDE on the team, you will own building and re-architect tier-1 services which are responsible for end-to-end orchestration and execution of multi-modal conversational agent requests. From getting the best prompt and context for the request, to picking the correct model to inference, to interpreting LLM's output, creating an actionable plan and executing it.

Key job responsibilities

We are looking for a talented Sr. Software Development Engineer to:

1. Quickly learn SOTA technologies and algorithms in the field of Generative AI on greenfield projects to participate in our journey to build the best conversational agent.
2. Be responsible for the development and maintenance of key platforms needed for connecting LLMs to actual user requests and real world APIs which act on them required for building conversational agents.
3. Work with other team members to investigate design approaches, prototype new technology and evaluate technical feasibility.
4. Work closely with Applied scientists to handle myriad of conversational use cases along with optimizing latency, cost and capacity.
5. Work in an Agile/Scrum environment to deliver high quality software in a fast-paced environment.

Your time with us will be impactful, and your vision, creativeness and engineering output adopted by teams across Amazon and beyond.

As a member of the team, you will be responsible for leading the development and launch of core product features. You will have significant influence on our overall strategy by helping define these product features, drive the system architecture, and spearhead the best practices that enable a quality product.

A day in the life

As a Sr.SDE in the CAMEL team, you will be responsible for leading the development of high performance, low latency and low cost solutions for building the best in class conversational agent which solves real world problems for millions of customers. You will have significant influence on our overall strategy by helping define the architecture of tomorrow, where multiple LLMs with different modalities come together to solve real world customer problems. Your work will directly impact our customers in the form of products and services that make use of conversational agent innovations. You will partner closely with experienced engineers and scientists to drive the system architecture, and spearhead the best practices that enable a quality infrastructure.

About the team

Join our CAMEL team and work at the forefront of AI. Gain valuable experience and accelerate your career growth. This is a unique opportunity to create history and shape the future of artificial intelligence.

Minimum Requirements

1. 7+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
2. 7+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
3. 7+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
4. Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team
5. 5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
6. Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

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