Neuron Runtime Software Development Engineer , Neuron Runtime

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 143,700 - 194,400; Full time

Job summary

Amazon’s Annapurna Labs (U.S.) Inc. is seeking a Software Development Engineer for the Neuron Runtime Team to develop and maintain high-performance runtime libraries and drivers for ML accelerators, collaborating with engineers to optimize AI workloads on Inferentia and Trainium devices.

You will own the design, development, and deployment of Neuron Runtime and related components, ensuring scalability, reliability, and usability while working across frameworks such as PyTorch, JAX, and XLA.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain high-performance runtime libraries and drivers for machine learning applications and AI accelerators.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and deploy Neuron Runtime components and ensure scalability and reliability.

Skills

Software development

Software design

Programming languages

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Job description

Description

AWS Neuron is the complete software stack for the AWS Inferentia and Trainium cloud-scale machine learning accelerators and the servers that use them. As the Software Development Engineer for the Neuron Runtime Team, you will be responsible for working alongside a team of engineers to develop and maintain high-performance runtime libraries and drivers for machine learning applications and AI accelerators. You will work on design, development, and deployment of Neuron Runtime and other Neuron components. The profiler plays a crucial role to internal and external customers in optimizing AI workloads across hardware platforms such as Trainium and Inferentia devices, by providing deep insights into performance bottlenecks and system behavior. Improving performance of ML Kernels and ML Frameworks. A day in the life. You will work with the executive leadership and other senior management and technical leaders to define product directions and deliver them to customers. We build massive-scale distributed training and inference solutions. This organization builds the full stack of software, servers and chips to accelerate at the highest scale. In this role, you will manage the full development life cycle of the Neuron Runtime, ensuring scalability, reliability, and usability. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure that the our C++ compiler generates key information so customers can understand and optimize the performance of our custom hardware. Additionally, you will drive innovations that allow the profiler to support multiple frameworks, such as PyTorch, JAX, and XLA. A successful candidate will have experience in architecting, building, and operating distributed systems with a focus on high availability and fault tolerance, Hands-on experience with AWS services (e.g., EC2, ECS, CloudWatch, S3, Lambda) in production environments and track record in Owning services end-to-end including deployment, monitoring, alarming, on-call, and post-incident review.

About The Team

Here at AWS, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.

Work/Life Balance

Our team puts a high value on work-life balance. It isn’t about how many hours you spend at home or at work; it’s about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life. We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfillment. We offer flexibility in working hours and encourage you to find your own balance between your work and personal lives.

Mentorship & Career Growth

Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded professional and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.

Basic Qualifications

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

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: 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; and 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. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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USA, CA, Cupertino - 165,200.00 - 223,600.00 USD annually

USA, WA, Seattle - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually

Company - Annapurna Labs (U.S.) Inc.

Job ID: A10473201