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You will be working on high-visibility, high-impact systems that are critical to the success of Alexa's next generation of AI experiences.\nKey job responsibilities\n- Design, develop, and maintain large-scale distributed systems and infrastructure services, leveraging GenAI at all phases of the development cycle\n- Work on GPU fleet management and optimization for low-latency machine learning inference workloads at very large scale\n- Collaborate with senior engineers/scientists to deliver features from design through production deployment\n- Set standards and contribute to the operational excellence of Tier-1 production services\n- Write clean, testable, maintainable code and participate actively in code reviews\n- Work closely with partner teams across Alexa and AWS(Bedrock etc) to deliver cross-functional projects\n- Research and identify opportunities to improve service performance, reliability, and cost efficiency\nBasic qualifications\n- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience\n- 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience\n- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field\n- Experience programming with at least one software programming language\nPreferred qualifications\n- 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience\n- Experience in developing and deploying LLMs in production on GPUs, Neuron, TPU or other AI acceleration hardware\nAmazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.\nLos 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.\nOur inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. 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