Sr. Software Dev Engineer, AWS Transform

Socket.dev; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 193,300 - 261,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

RSUs

Job summary

Amazon in Santa Clara, CA is seeking a senior software engineer to lead a team building agentic AI systems on AWS to modernize Windows workloads and unlock cost, security, and scalability benefits.

The role requires 5+ years of professional software development, leadership, and strong knowledge of ML/LLM fundamentals and transformer architectures; experience mentoring teams and delivering 0->1 products in a fast-moving environment is a plus.

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.

Skills

Software development

Team leadership

Mentoring

ML basics

Transformer architectures

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Job description

AWS Transform for Windows team is responsible for building Agentic AI systems aimed at helping customers modernize applications they run on AWS and achieve cost savings, security, scalability, and resiliency. We build next-generation, agent-driven solutions that modernize enterprise workloads. This role focuses on leading a team for building intelligent, interoperable multi-agent systems and leverage Gen AI to assess, optimize and modernize legacy windows workloads towards open-source platforms.

This position within the AWS Transform team presents a unique and rare opportunity to get on the ground floor within a fast-growing business and help shape the technology and product. A successful candidate will bring deep technical and software expertise, an ability to deliver 0->1 products, ability to lead a team, desire to have an industry wide impact and ability to work within a fast moving, startup environment in a large company to rapidly deliver services that have a broad business impact.

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
• Knowledge of Machine Learning and LLM fundamentals, including transformer architecture, training/inference lifecycles, and optimization techniques

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

Los Angeles County applicants:

Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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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 [https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits].

USA, CA, Santa Clara - 193,300.00 - 261,500.00 USD annually