Senior ML/GenAI Software Lead & Architect

Amazon.com Services LLC; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

RSUs

Sign-on payments

Job summary

Amazon Music Catalog team in Seattle is seeking a senior software engineer to own the technical direction for major features in our developer experience portfolio. You will guide engineering practices across the codebase and infrastructure while mentoring SDE 1 and SDE 2 engineers and collaborating with Principal Engineers on architecture.

You will help build automation, design scalable APIs, and scale GenAI/ML solutions in production, partnering with Applied Scientists, PMs, and other engineers

Qualifications

• 5+ years of non-internship software development experience.
• 5+ years of programming experience in one or more software languages.
• 5+ years of experience leading design or architecture of systems with emphasis on design patterns, reliability, and scalability.
• Experience mentoring others, serving as a tech lead, or leading an engineering team.
• Experience developing and deploying LLMs in production on GPUs, Neuron, TPU, or similar AI acceleration hardware.
• Strong grasp of ML and LLM fundamentals, including architecture, training/inference lifecycles, and model execution optimization.
• 5+ years of full SDLC experience including coding standards, code reviews, source control, build processes, testing, and operations.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent background.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical direction for major features and products within our developer experience portfolio.
• Set engineering best practices and guide technical choices across codebase and infrastructure.
• Mentor SDE 1 and SDE 2 engineers by conducting design reviews and offering hands-on support.
• Partner with Principal Engineers to solve complex problems and align on architecture.
• Build automation that reduces toil and improves developer productivity.
• Design APIs and frameworks that other teams can use to create productivity solutions.
• Ensure solutions are scalable, maintainable, and operationally excellent.
• Develop, deploy, and scale GenAI and ML solutions in production.
• Own model-building efforts for production and deliver AI/ML outputs into systems and services.
• Collaborate with Applied Scientists, SDEs, PMs, and TPMs.
• Work with teams to understand pain points and requirements.
• Validate technical approaches with Principal Engineers and incorporate feedback.
• Shape roadmaps with managers and senior engineers and prioritize initiatives.
• Influence technical decisions across partner teams.
• Present designs and results to leadership and stakeholders.

Skills

Software development

Programming languages

Leadership / tech lead

ML / LLMs

GPU / AI acceleration

Mentoring engineers

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS

Tools

Git

CI/CD

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Job description

Amazon Music Catalog team in Seattle is seeking a senior software engineer to own the technical direction for major features in our developer experience portfolio. You will guide engineering practices across the codebase and infrastructure while mentoring SDE 1 and SDE 2 engineers and collaborating with Principal Engineers on architecture.

You will help build automation, design scalable APIs, and scale GenAI/ML solutions in production, partnering with Applied Scientists, PMs, and other engineers