Amazon
Software Development Engineer II, Personalization
$144K–$194K
Seattle, WA · Full-time · Posted Oct 6, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development; 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent (preferred).
About the job
Builds scalable software and internal tools that help Amazon’s Personalization organization deliver and measure recommendation features.
What you'll do
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable software for processing big data and launching new software.
- Clarify technical requirements, estimate timelines, and apply effective design approaches; deliver high-quality code.
- Review code, mentor developers, and improve software quality, customer experience, and maintainability.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture experience for new and existing systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language.
- Knowledge of software engineering practices across the full development life cycle and of Machine Learning and LLM fundamentals, including transformer architecture, training/inference lifecycles, and optimization techniques.
Nice to have
- 3+ years of full software development life cycle experience.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent; experience deploying LLMs in production on GPUs, Neuron, TPU or other AI acceleration hardware.
Pay
USD 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 annually base salary
Tools
Machine Learning, LLM, GPUs, Neuron, TPU
AI focus
Knowledge of Machine Learning and LLM fundamentals is required; preferred experience includes developing and deploying LLMs in production on AI acceleration hardware.
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