Senior Software Development Engineer, EC2 Trainium AI Infra

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 168,100 - 227,400; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Software Development Engineer in Seattle to lead the design and operation of infrastructure services, focusing on AWS Trainium-based AI servers. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of software development experience, programming skills, and leadership experience. Responsibilities include developing technologies for AI workloads, forming customer relationships through complex challenges, and collaborating with various teams to improve system architecture. The competitive compensation package includes comprehensive benefits and sign-on bonuses.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language.
• 5+ years leading design or architecture of systems.
• Experience as a mentor or tech lead.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop technologies for AI workloads on Ultraservers.
• Lead projects for EC2 in cloud computing for AI/ML workloads.
• Collaborate to influence architecture of provisioning systems.
• Investigate performance challenges and develop solutions.

Skills

Software development experience

Programming skills

Design or architecture experience

Mentoring experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Job description

Description

The Software Development Engineer will lead the team in technical strategy, design, build, and operation of infrastructure services including provisioning and availability of AWS Trainium-based AI servers. This role requires expertise in architecting large-scale systems, building micro services, and cross-functional collaboration with several other teams such as capacity management, hardware engineering, and datacenter teams to manage AI/ML infrastructure.

Key job responsibilities

• Design and develop innovative technologies that power the infrastructure supporting AI workloads on Ultraservers
• Lead technical projects establishing EC2 as the pioneer in cloud computing for AI/ML workloads across diverse applications including LLMs, multimodal systems, and emerging model architectures.
• Collaborate with various teams to influence architecture of provisioning systems and improve to operate at scale and efficiently.
• Build customer relationships by investigating complex performance challenges, developing solutions, and publishing actionable best practices through multiple channels.

About the team

The EC2 UltraServer Provisioning team is a high-performing engineering organization responsible for delivering AWS Trainium-based UltraServers infrastructure at scale. We manage end-to-end provisioning workflows from host ingestion through testing, repair, and recovery.

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

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

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