Back to jobs
Software Dev Engineer II, Rufus
Santa Clara, California, USAPosted 1 weeks ago
Full-timeonsite
Job Description
We're enhancing the shopping experience on Amazon through the conversational capabilities of large language models, and we're looking for innovative professionals who are passionate about technology and customer experience. You'll have the opportunity to contribute meaningfully to the industry while working alongside talented scientists, engineers, and technical program managers (TPMs) to create solutions that serve our customers.
If you're excited about collaborating with a dynamic team and contributing to this evolving field, we'd love to have you join us on this journey!
Key job responsibilities
We're looking for an experienced Software Development Engineer with expertise in back-end system and online service to architect, design, and develop agentic services and applications powered by large language model.
In this role, you will build expertise in online service architecture, API development, and distributed systems that power responsive agentic AI applications at scale. You'll get opportunities to develop service orchestration patterns, efficient agent frameworks, and real-time processing systems, partnering with engineers and scientists in a fast-paced environment to deliver exceptional user experiences. You'll also contribute to our technical roadmap, service reliability metrics, and optimizations focused on building intelligent agents that can effectively reason, plan, and execute complex tasks on behalf of users.
In this role, you'll help establish best practices that improve LLM application efficiency, enable new agentic AI features for Stores customers with LLM capabilities. You'll work with your team to design, implement large scale distributed agentic AI applications at scale, partnering with technical and business leaders in a collaborative environment to create value for our customers. You'll also contribute to prioritization, estimation, and sprint planning activities.
A day in the life
We're enhancing the shopping experience on Amazon through the conversational capabilities of large language models, and we're looking for innovative professionals who are passionate about technology and
- 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
- 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.
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.
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.
USA, CA, Santa Clara - 165,200.00 - 223,600.00 USD annually
If you're excited about collaborating with a dynamic team and contributing to this evolving field, we'd love to have you join us on this journey!
Key job responsibilities
We're looking for an experienced Software Development Engineer with expertise in back-end system and online service to architect, design, and develop agentic services and applications powered by large language model.
In this role, you will build expertise in online service architecture, API development, and distributed systems that power responsive agentic AI applications at scale. You'll get opportunities to develop service orchestration patterns, efficient agent frameworks, and real-time processing systems, partnering with engineers and scientists in a fast-paced environment to deliver exceptional user experiences. You'll also contribute to our technical roadmap, service reliability metrics, and optimizations focused on building intelligent agents that can effectively reason, plan, and execute complex tasks on behalf of users.
In this role, you'll help establish best practices that improve LLM application efficiency, enable new agentic AI features for Stores customers with LLM capabilities. You'll work with your team to design, implement large scale distributed agentic AI applications at scale, partnering with technical and business leaders in a collaborative environment to create value for our customers. You'll also contribute to prioritization, estimation, and sprint planning activities.
A day in the life
We're enhancing the shopping experience on Amazon through the conversational capabilities of large language models, and we're looking for innovative professionals who are passionate about technology and
- 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
- 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.
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.
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, CA, Santa Clara - 165,200.00 - 223,600.00 USD annually