Software Development Engineer, Amazon Quick Suite

Amazon • Seattle, WA

5d • $143,700 - $194,400 • Onsite

About The Position

We're seeking a Software Development Engineer to join the AWS Quick RAG team, working on cutting-edge retrieval-augmented generation technology that powers Amazon Quick Suite's intelligent document processing and search capabilities. You'll design and build scalable ingestion pipelines that handle multi-modal content (PDF, audio, video, tables) using computer vision and machine learning, optimize system performance for millions of documents, and collaborate across teams to deliver features that directly impact customer experience. This role offers the opportunity to work with modern AWS technologies including Bedrock, ECS, and DynamoDB while solving complex distributed systems challenges at scale.

Requirements

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• 1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience
• 1+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using: C#, C++, Java, or Perl experience
• 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience
• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language

Nice To Haves

• 3+ 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

Responsibilities

• Designing, developing, testing, and deploying distributed machine learning systems and large-scale solutions for our world-wide customer base.
• Collaborating closely with the team to influence overall strategy and define the team’s road map.
• Driving the system architecture.
• Spearheading best practices that enable a quality product.
• Helping coach and develop junior engineers.

Benefits

• sign-on payments
• restricted stock units (RSUs)
• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level