Research Engineer , Quick Science

Amazon Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 193,000 - 262,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs

Sign-on bonus

Paid time off

401(k) matching

Job summary

Amazon Web Services, Inc. is seeking a seasoned software leader to head research and development for the Quick Science team, AWS's enterprise generative AI assistant.

You will guide design and implementation of tools, pipelines, and architectures that enable scalable experimentation and production-grade AI solutions for millions of users. You will mentor engineers, shape the technology strategy, and collaborate across engineering to translate research into production systems, focusing on agentic

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
• Experience mentoring/leading an engineering team.
• Experience building complex software systems delivered to customers.
• Knowledge of ML and LLM fundamentals, transformer architectures, training/inference lifecycles, and optimization techniques.

Responsibilities

• Define, design and lead the development of tools that accelerate the science experimentation and delivery process.
• Design and guide the science team's implementation, enabling Science proof of concepts that help decide the ultimate science solution strategy, algorithm workflow, and the individual science components that become a release candidate.
• Tool development: build and improve toolings that applied scientists would need, including scalable science experiment frameworks, low-latency testing pipelines, data collection/annotation/evaluation web applications.
• Expedite science to production: bridge the gap between science and engineering teams, help to investigate and mitigate gaps between science and engineering pipeline.

Skills

Mentor / Tech lead

Software development

Architect design

Research leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Tools

JAX

PyTorch

vLLM

SGLang

Dynamo

TorchXLA

TensorRT

Job description

Job ID: 10568153 | Amazon Web Services, Inc.

Come join the Quick Science team in building the next generation enterprise AI assistant. Quick is AWS’s enterprise generative AI assistant that helps users answer questions, summarize documents, generate content, take actions, and automate workflows using information including structured and unstructured data across enterprise systems. As a key member of this team, you will lead research and development efforts in generative AI and Agentic AI to enable intelligent agents that perform complex reasoning, automate multi-step workflows, and make enterprise users significantly more productive. You’ll work on agentic AI systems that scale efficiently to millions of users. This role blends technical leadership, hands-on innovation, and deep collaboration with engineering teams to bring research into production.

Key job responsibilities

• Define, design and lead the development of tools that accelerate the science experimentation and delivery process
• Design and guide the science team's implementation, enabling Science proof of concepts that help decide the ultimate science solution strategy, algorithm workflow, and the individual science components that become a release candidate
• Tool development: build and improve toolings that applied scientists would need, including scalable science experiment frameworks, low-latency testing pipelines, data collection/annotation/evaluation web applications.
• Expedite science to production: bridge the gap between science and engineering teams, help to investigate and mitigate gaps between science and engineering pipeline. Help to merge both pipelines to one, or making components within the two interchangeable. Work towards a fast science-to-production paradigm.

Basic Qualifications

• 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

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ 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
• Experience building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers
• Knowledge of Machine Learning and LLM fundamentals, including transformer architecture, training/inference lifecycles, and optimization techniques
• Knowledge of ML frameworks including JAX, PyTorch, vLLM, SGLang, Dynamo, TorchXLA, and TensorRT
• Strong understanding of agentic architectures, autonomous systems, or task orchestration.

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.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

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 https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits .

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ 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
• Experience building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers
• Knowledge of Machine Learning and LLM fundamentals, including transformer architecture, training/inference lifecycles, and optimization techniques
• Knowledge of ML frameworks including JAX, PyTorch, vLLM, SGLang, Dynamo, TorchXLA, and TensorRT
• Strong understanding of agentic architectures, autonomous systems, or task orchestration.

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.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

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 https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits .

USA, CA, San Francisco - 193,300.00 - 261,500.00 USD annually

USA, NY, New York - 184,900.00 - 250,200.00 USD annually

USA, WA, Seattle - 168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually

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