Senior Software Engineer, Platform Identity & Matching

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 168,000 - 227,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer for the PRISM team to own end-to-end architecture and delivery of large-scale distributed systems and AI/ML-powered applications governing product identity and semantic matching at scale.

You will influence architectural decisions across teams, partner with Applied Scientists to translate ML research into production systems, and help manage billions of records daily while delivering reliable, scalable solutions for the world’s largest

Qualifications

• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language
• 5+ years of leading design or architecture of new and existing systems
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team

Responsibilities

• Owning end-to-end design, implementation, and operational excellence for complex features spanning multiple services and teams
• Leading architecture decisions for large-scale systems handling hundreds of millions of transactions daily with AI/ML components
• Translating vague requirements into implementable solutions under tight schedules
• Designing systems from scratch in fast-evolving domains; integrating with Amazon's ecosystem including LLM deployments, agentic systems, and workflow optimization pipelines
• Building and optimizing inference infrastructure for multimodal models at scale, including embedding-based systems, and cascaded inference architectures
• Driving change across teams through technical influence, unblocking others and establishing architectural consistency across engineering and science workstreams
• Mentoring junior and mid-level engineers; providing meaningful feedback through code reviews and technical guidance
• Communicating effectively across multiple stakeholders; making strategic trade-offs balancing velocity with long-term system health
• Partnering closely with Applied Scientists to translate ML research into production systems that process billions of records

Skills

Software development experience

Mentoring/tech lead

Design/architecture leadership

Strong programming experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Tools

Code reviews

Source control

Build automation

Job description

Amazon is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer for the PRISM team to own end-to-end architecture and delivery of large-scale distributed systems and AI/ML-powered applications governing product identity and semantic matching at scale.

You will influence architectural decisions across teams, partner with Applied Scientists to translate ML research into production systems, and help manage billions of records daily while delivering reliable, scalable solutions for the world’s largest