Software Development Engineer II, Personalization

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 143,700 - 194,400; Full time

Job summary

Amazon's Personalization team in Seattle is seeking a Software Development Engineer II to design, build, and maintain scalable data-driven software for recommendations that delight customers. This role combines hands-on engineering with leadership and ownership of critical data pipelines.

You will collaborate with ML, data, and product partners, contribute to architecture, review code, mentor teammates, and ship high-quality features on schedule in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture experience.
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language.
• Knowledge of professional software engineering and SDLC best practices.
• Knowledge of ML/LLM fundamentals, transformer architecture, training/inference lifecycles.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable software solutions to process big data.
• Collaborate with diverse stakeholders to envision, design, develop, and launch new software.
• Utilize technology to solve complex problems and deliver high-quality code on schedule.
• Demonstrate proficiency in data structures and algorithms and make informed design decisions.
• Clarify requirements, estimate timelines, and apply effective design approaches.
• Conduct code reviews and provide guidance to team members.
• Drive continuous improvement in software quality and maintainability.
• Mentor and lead developers, fostering curiosity and technical understanding.

Skills

Software development

Design/architecture

Programming languages

SDLC & best practices

ML & LLM fundamentals

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Tools

Git

CI/CD

GPU AI acceleration

Job description

Software Development Engineer II, Personalization

Job ID: 10486664 | Amazon.com Services LLC

Our goal is to be Earth's most customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything they might want to buy online. We have been delighting our customers with recommendations by constantly improving on the quality and performance of these recommendations. Our mission is to create intuitive tools to help other developers deliver recommendations features more efficiently and to better measure their performance.

Are you passionate about working on disruptive ideas? Are you obsessed with finding and building innovative user experiences? Are you enthusiastic about solving big data problems? This is a unique opportunity that combines the ability to build exciting, new user experiences for internal customers, with the opportunity to work with big data, automation, and other advanced technologies.

About you: You are a software engineer with an interest in modern user interfaces, data science, telemetry, automation and performance. You have great problem solving skills. You have strong leadership qualities, great judgment, clear communication skills, and a track record of delivering great products. You enjoy working hard, having fun, and making history!

Key job responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable software solutions to process big data.
• Collaborate with diverse stakeholders to envision, design, develop, and launch new and impactful software
• Utilize technology to solve complex problems
• Deliver high-quality code on schedule
• Demonstrate proficiency in diverse data structures and algorithms, making informed decisions on their appropriate usage
• Independently clarify technical requirements, estimate development timelines, and apply effective design approaches
• Conduct code reviews, offering constructive guidance to fellow team members
• Drive continuous improvement in software quality, customer experience, and product maintainability
• Mentor and lead developers, fostering curiosity and deep technical understanding

About the team

Amazon’s Personalization organization is a high-performing group that leverages Amazon’s expertise in machine learning, big data, and distributed systems to deliver the best shopping experiences for our customers. We run hundreds of experiments each year and our work has revolutionized e-commerce with features such as “Customers Who Bought Also Bought” and “Recommended for You”. This team strives to help the organization deliver on these features with high quality and efficiency. We also provide the organization with tools to understand their features' performances.

We care deeply about our customers, as well as the well-being and growth of our team members. Amazon’s internal surveys regularly recognize us as one of the best engineering organizations to work for in the company, with visible high-impact work, low operational load, respectful work-life balance, and continual opportunity to learn and grow. This is a track record we are proud of and will continue to uphold. We are looking for creative and innovative leaders with a similar penchant for deeply-technical problem solving and the ability to lead, mentor, and deliver while upholding Amazon’s leadership principles.

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language
• Knowledge of professional software engineering & best practices for full software development life cycle, including coding standards, software architectures, code reviews, source control management, continuous deployments, testing, and operational excellence
• Knowledge of Machine Learning and LLM fundamentals, including transformer architecture, training/inference lifecycles, and optimization techniques

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ 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 in developing and deploying LLMs in production on GPUs, Neuron, TPU or other AI acceleration hardware

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

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, WA, Seattle - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually

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