Sr. Software Development Engineer , AGI Autonomy

Are you interested in a unique opportunity to advance the accuracy and efficiency of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) systems? If so, you’re at the right place! We are the AGI Autonomy organization, and we are looking for a driven and talented SDE to join us to build state of the art agents.

As an SDE on our team, you will design, build, and maintain a platform that powers actuation services, researcher tooling, and API development for building our best-in-class AI agents. You’ll also work closely with our engineers and researchers to ensure agent performance across the board.

We operate at Amazon’s large scale with the energy of a nimble start-up. If you have a learner’s mindset, enjoy solving challenging problems, and value an inclusive and collaborative team culture, you will thrive in this role, and we hope to hear from you.

Key job responsibilities
– Expand our platform and extension for our agents.
– Construct APIs for developers to build agent-powered products.
– Build tooling to collect high quality annotated data.
– Work closely with researchers to create new techniques, infrastructure, and tooling around emerging research capabilities and evaluating models to meet customer needs.
– Manage project prioritization, deliverables, timelines, and stakeholder communication.
– Illuminate trade-offs, educate the team on best practices, and influence technical strategy.
– Operate in a dynamic environment to deliver high quality software.

About the team
Our team is driven by a passion for pushing the boundaries of what AI can achieve. We are a diverse group of engineers, researchers, and innovators, committed to building AI systems that are capable of assisting and augmenting human intelligence in meaningful ways. Our work spans cutting-edge advancements in reinforcement learning, natural language processing, and multimodal systems, with a focus on creating agents that empower users to accomplish complex tasks efficiently and intuitively.

Basic Qualifications

– 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
– 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
– 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
– Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team

Preferred Qualifications

– 5+ 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
– Excellent knowledge of theory and practice of ML

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

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.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $151,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $261,500/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.