SDE, AI Infrastructure, AFT AI

Description Are you excited about developing novel agentic AI solutions and leveraging them to automate Amazon operations? Are you looking for opportunities to build and deploy them on real-world problems at a truly vast scale with global impact? As part of AFT AI, we are on a mission to build a new generation of dynamic end-to-end agentic solutions for our warehouses. These models will be able to understand and make use of petabytes of human-centered as well as process information from our warehouse systems and robotic work cells, and learn to perceive and act to further improve our world-class customer experience - at Amazon scale. We are looking for a Software Development Engineer who will lead the engineering effort. This includes developing the infrastructure to support AI research and development at scale, and the production systems that allow our agentic solutions to operate across a wide spectrum of processes within Fulfillment Technology and Robotics. Together, we will be pushing beyond the state of the art GenAI to automate one of the most complex systems in the world: Amazon's Fulfillment Network. Key job responsibilities * Design and Develop infrastructure for evaluation and benchmarking of agentic AI model that impact the entire fulfillment network. * Design and Develop end-to-end training and inference pipelines to accelerate agentic AI model development while optimizing GPU usage. * Transform experimental AI artifacts from research into scalable systems by incorporating robust architectural components and engineering best practices. * Lead and mentor a junior engineers through coaching and technical guidance. * Own the technical architecture and define patterns and strategies where none exist. * Work closely with scientists, product managers, technical program managers, and other stakeholders to deliver the right business outcome A day in the life One of the major projects under this role is Project Eluna: https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/operations/new-robots-amazon-fulfillment-agentic-ai?utm\_source=ecsocial&utm\_medium=linkedin&utm\_term=12 About the team The AFT AI team has deep expertise developing AI solutions at scale and successfully applying them to business problems in the Amazon Fulfillment Network. These solutions typically utilize machine learning, computer vision and GenAI techniques, applied to text, sequences of events, images or video from existing or new hardware. 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 - 1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience - 1+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using: C#, C++, Java, or Perl experience - 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience - Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field - Experience programming with at least one software programming language 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 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, Bellevue - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually