Software Development Engineer - Shopping Personalization AI, Amazon Stores

About the role

Design, build, test, and operate production AI features used by multiple teams and operating at Amazon scale. Deliver end-to-end solutions with focus on maintainability, scalability, performance, and reliability. Collaborate with Product and Science to define experiences, run experiments, and iterate based on data. Build AI-powered experiences including personalized recommendations, relevance explanations, and knowledge-driven features using LLMs and generative AI. Define and implement measurement strategies including analytics events and experiment configurations to track engagement and retention. Navigate ambiguity and make sound technical decisions in a problem space where established patterns don't always apply.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, and operate production AI features used by multiple teams and operating at Amazon scale.
• Deliver end-to-end solutions with focus on maintainability, scalability, performance, and reliability.
• Collaborate with Product and Science to define experiences, run experiments, and iterate based on data.
• Build AI-powered experiences including personalized recommendations, relevance explanations, and knowledge-driven features using LLMs and generative AI.
• Define and implement measurement strategies including analytics events and experiment configurations to track engagement and retention.
• Navigate ambiguity and make sound technical decisions in a problem space where established patterns don't always apply.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience. Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design. Experience with full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations. Experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems.

Qualifications

• Experience building server-side rendered web experiences (SSR) and performance-oriented UI rendering patterns.
• Familiarity with AI/ML integration and generative AI applications.
• Experience with end-to-end SDLC ownership, including operations and on-call, monitoring/metrics, and incident response/RCA.
• Mentoring engineers and driving engineering best practices.

Skills

Sound technical judgment and a bias for action. Takes ownership of problems end to end, communicates clearly, and cares about operational excellence - not just launching features, but making sure they hold up at scale. Mentors junior developers, advocates engineering best practices, and thinks beyond the immediate sprint.

Benefits

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Pay

Competitive salary and benefits package.

Schedule

Full-time.