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Software Development Engineer III, AZA (Gen AI)

Amazon.com Inc

  • Bellevue, WA
  • 18 days ago
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    Skills

    • Application Programming Interface (API)unmatched
    • Architectural Servicesunmatched
    • Artificial Intelligence (AI)unmatched
    • Distributed Computingunmatched
    • MCP - Microsoft Certified Professionalunmatched
    • Mentoringunmatched
    • Software Developmentunmatched
    • Software Engineeringunmatched
    • User Interface/Experience (UI/UX)unmatched
    • Web Client Plug-insunmatched

    Description

    Aza is Amazon"s primary internal AI assistant, serving 1.5M+ employees globally across HR, IT, pay, benefits, and workplace domains. We"re not wrapping an LLM with a chat UI - we"re building a full-stack agentic platform: 60+ production sub-agents, multi-turn orchestration, real-time skill routing, MCP-based tool integrations, and enterprise-grade evaluation systems.

    We"re looking for an SDE-II who wants to build AI-native systems from the ground up.

    What makes this role unique:

    • You"ll build the agent, not just use one. Aza 2.0 is built on Strands SDK with dedicated ECS Fargate compute, custom orchestration, and a plugin architecture spanning 60+ sub-agents. You"ll own real components of this system.
    • Greenfield Gen AI engineering. We"re actively shipping: agentic inline workflows, voice-enabled agents, RAG pipelines, progressive skill loading, and a self-service developer platform for 50+ away teams building on Aza.
    • Complex, high-stakes domain. Aza handles questions about pay, benefits, leave, HR policies - across every jurisdiction Amazon operates in. Correctness matters. This is where AI reasoning meets real-world constraints.
    • Scale that doesn"t exist elsewhere. Millions of conversations monthly. Sub-3-second response latency. Production reliability with Sr. PE-level architectural standards.
    • Visibility and mentorship. SVP-level visibility, Sr. PE driving architectural vision, and a fast-shipping team where engineers own end-to-end features in production.

    Key job responsibilities

    1. Design and build agentic systems: orchestration, skills, sub-agents, MCP tools, evaluation frameworks

    2. Ship features end-to-end from design through production deployment

    3. Work across the stack: LLM integration, distributed systems, real-time APIs, infrastructure-as-code

    4. Collaborate with Sr. PE, PEs and Sr. engineers on architecture decisions that shape the platform"s future

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationBellevue, WA
    IndustryRetail
    Company Size10,000 employees or more
    Year Founded1994
    Websitehttp://Amazon.com/militaryroles

    About Company

    At Amazon, we don’t wait for the next big idea to present itself. We envision the shape of impossible things and then we boldly make them reality. So far, this mindset has helped us achieve some incredible things. Let’s build new systems, challenge the status quo, and design the world we want to live in. We believe the work you do here will be the best work of your life.

    Wherever you are in your career exploration, Amazon likely has an opportunity for you. Our research scientists and engineers shape the future of natural language understanding with Alexa. Fulfillment center associates around the globe send customer orders from our warehouses to doorsteps. Product managers set feature requirements, strategy, and marketing messages for brand new customer experiences. And as we grow, we’ll add jobs that haven’t been invented yet.

    It’s Always Day 1
    At Amazon, it’s always “Day 1.” Now, what does this mean and why does it matter? It means that our approach remains the same as it was on Amazon’s very first day – to make smart, fast decisions, stay nimble, invent, and stay focused on delighting our customers. In our 2016 shareholder letter, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos shared his thoughts on how to keep up a Day 1 company mindset. “Staying in Day 1 requires you to experiment patiently, accept failures, plant seeds, protect saplings, and double down when you see customer delight,” he wrote. “A customer-obsessed culture best creates the conditions where all of that can happen.” You can read the full letter here

    Our Leadership Principles
    Our Leadership Principles help us keep a Day 1 mentality. They aren’t just a pretty inspirational wall hanging. Amazonians use them, every day, whether they’re discussing ideas for new projects, deciding on the best solution for a customer’s problem, or interviewing candidates. To read through our Leadership Principles from Customer Obsession to Bias for Action, visit https://www.amazon.jobs/principles

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