Senior AI Systems Engineer — GenAI Platform

Amazon Inc.; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 168,000 - 227,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Q is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer to shape the next generation of Amazon Q. You will build intelligent, scalable systems at the intersection of generative AI and large-scale distributed services used across AWS.

As a Senior SDE, you will provide technical leadership for complex initiatives, collaborating with engineers, product managers, applied scientists, and UX partners to define architecture, make critical decisions, and translate advances in AI into secure, reliable

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 of new and existing systems.

Responsibilities

• Build: Design and deliver major Amazon Q capabilities and scalable, secure, low-latency distributed systems.
• Solve: Address production generative AI challenges including grounding, orchestration, retrieval, security, latency, and reliability.
• Own: Lead end-to-end projects from requirements to operation, balancing UX, quality, scalability, security and cost.
• Lead: Define technical direction, influence architecture, and raise engineering standards across design, testing, and observability.
• Mentor: Elevate the team through reviews, discussions, and hands-on guidance.
• Innovate: Collaborate with scientists and product leaders to bring foundation models and agentic AI into production.

Skills

5+ years of professional software

5+ years programming in at least one

5+ years design/architecture

Mentor / tech lead

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Job description

Amazon Q is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer to shape the next generation of Amazon Q. You will build intelligent, scalable systems at the intersection of generative AI and large-scale distributed services used across AWS.

As a Senior SDE, you will provide technical leadership for complex initiatives, collaborating with engineers, product managers, applied scientists, and UX partners to define architecture, make critical decisions, and translate advances in AI into secure, reliable