Amazon
Software Dev Engineer II, Stores Foundational AI -SFAI
$144K–$194K
Seattle, WA · Full-time · Posted Jun 10, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience; 2+ years of non-internship system design or architecture experience.
About the job
Develop scalable, reliable infrastructure and systems for large-scale LLM training and reinforcement-learning post-training to improve Amazon’s shopping experience.
What you'll do
- Design and build scalable training and RL post-training systems, pipelines, and data infrastructure.
- Improve training stability, efficiency, and reliability by optimizing compute and eliminating system bottlenecks.
- Partner with scientists and engineers to productionize algorithms, run experiments, and advance the technical roadmap.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- 2+ years of non-internship experience designing or architecting new and existing systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language.
- Knowledge of Machine Learning and LLM fundamentals, including transformer architecture, training/inference lifecycles, and optimization techniques.
Nice to have
- Knowledge of ML frameworks including JAX, PyTorch, vLLM, SGLang, Dynamo, TorchXLA, and TensorRT.
- Knowledge of system performance, memory management, and parallel computing principles; experience with CUDA/C++/Kernel development.
Pay
143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
JAX, PyTorch, vLLM, SGLang, Dynamo, TorchXLA, TensorRT, CUDA/C++/Kernel
AI focus
Build infrastructure for LLM training and generative AI for shopping, including reinforcement-learning post-training pipelines and scalable production systems.
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