Machine Learning Engineer

Amazon Inc.; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 165,000 - 224,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on payments

RSUs

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Inc. in Sunnyvale, CA is building Generative AI capabilities with Large Language Models (LLMs) as part of the Foundational AI (FAI) team.

As a researcher/software engineer you will support the RL Gyms on the FAI team, assess their usefulness for frontier model advancement, and develop techniques to push the state of the art with LLMs while contributing to foundational model development.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of non-internship software development experience.
• 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture experience.
• 1+ years designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded, or distributed software applications using C#, C++, Java, or Perl.
• 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience.
• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language.
• 3+ years of full software development life cycle experience, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Support development of RL Gyms on the FAI team.
• Assess RL Gyms for usefulness in frontier model advancement.
• Develop techniques to advance the state of the art with LLMs.
• Contribute to foundational model development in an applied research capacity.
• Leverage Amazon’s heterogeneous data sources and large-scale computing resources to accelerate LLM progress.
• Deliver work that impacts customers through products and services using GenAI technology.

Skills

Software dev experience

Design/arch experience

Distributed systems

OO design

Programming languages

SDLC experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering/Math

Bachelor’s degree in CS or equivalent

Tools

C#

C++

Java

Perl

Job description

Build Generative AI capabilities with Large Language Models (LLMs) as part of Amazon’s Foundational AI (FAI) team.

Responsibilities

• Support development of RL Gyms on the FAI team
• Assess RL Gyms for usefulness in frontier model advancement
• Develop techniques to advance the state of the art with LLMs
• Contribute to foundational model development in an applied research capacity
• Leverage Amazon’s heterogeneous data sources and large-scale computing resources to accelerate LLM progress
• Deliver work that impacts customers through products and services using GenAI technology

Requirements

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture experience (design patterns, reliability, scaling) for new and existing systems
• 1+ years designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded, or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using C#, C++, Java, or Perl
• 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience
• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language
• 3+ years of full software development life cycle experience, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent

Technologies

• C#
• C++
• Java
• Perl

Location and Salary

• Location: Sunnyvale, CA (onsite)
• Salary: USD 165,200 - 223,600 per year

Benefits

• Sign-on payments
• Restricted stock units (RSUs)
• 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
• Parental leave

About the Team

• The FAI team focuses on pushing the envelope in GenAI with LLMs to deliver the best-possible experience for customers

Los Angeles County Applicants

• 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
• 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, including the duties and responsibilities listed above
• Demonstrate ability to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress, work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation
• Under the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered