Backend Engineer for AI Agent Platform

Amazon Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 144,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Inc. is seeking a Software Development Engineer to architect and develop agentic services and large language model powered applications.

The role focuses on backend systems, API development, and distributed architectures to deliver scalable, intelligent agents for customers. The candidate will collaborate with engineers, scientists and TPMs to drive the technical roadmap and implement patterns that improve efficiency and user experience at scale.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture experience (design patterns, reliability and scaling).
• Experience programming with at least one software language.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and develop agentic services and applications powered by large language models.
• Build expertise in online service architecture, API development and distributed systems at scale.
• Contribute to prioritization, estimation and sprint planning; establish best practices for LLM applications.

Skills

Software development

System design

Programming language

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science

Job description

Amazon Inc. is seeking a Software Development Engineer to architect and develop agentic services and large language model powered applications.

The role focuses on backend systems, API development, and distributed architectures to deliver scalable, intelligent agents for customers. The candidate will collaborate with engineers, scientists and TPMs to drive the technical roadmap and implement patterns that improve efficiency and user experience at scale.