Amazon Senior Software Development Engineer Shopping Conversation Foundation 

United States, Washington, Seattle 

663611539

As a Senior Software Development Engineer in the SCF org, you will specialize in building engineering solutions for information retrieval problems on unstructured and noisy data at internet scale. You’ll tackle challenges such as retrieving relevant information from vast amounts of unstructured data sources like product specifications, expert opinions and customer reviews. You will need to develop innovative techniques to handle noise and ambiguity in natural language data while ensuring high precision and recall. Success in this role requires a solid understanding of information retrieval techniques, natural language processing, and the ability to stay up-to-date with the latest advancements e.g., Generative AI. Additionally, you will need to make high-judgment decisions when proposing trade-offs between factors such as model accuracy, computational efficiency, and data privacy, and work closely with cross-functional stakeholders to understand business requirements and propose innovative solutions.Key job responsibilities
Key job responsibilities
Research, design, and develop cutting-edge information retrieval and natural language processing solutions to address complex challenges in the shopping domain, such as retrieving relevant information from unstructured and noisy data sources at internet scale.
Design, develop, test, and deploy solutions for large scale distributed services that power search experiences through large language models (LLMs) and other machine learning models, ensuring efficient and reliable performance in production environments.
Operationalize machine learning models by following best practices for model deployment, monitoring, and maintenance, ensuring seamless integration with existing systems and infrastructure.
Mentor and guide junior engineers, fostering their growth and development through knowledge sharing, code reviews, and hands-on coaching.

- 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

- 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