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Description

Do you want to build internet-scale catalog and commerce systems that make the world's selection discoverable and shoppable for all customers? Do you want to work alongside passionate, talented engineers and scientists on the next generation of shopping experiences that leverage Large Language Models to revolutionize how customers discover, evaluate, and purchase products across Amazon surfaces? Our team is building the primitives that power agentic shopping experiences—from a worldwide product catalog that understands every brand and product available online (whether sold on Amazon or not), to seamless purchasing experiences that let customers complete transactions without leaving Amazon. We are looking for a passionate, talented, and inventive Software Development Engineer II to lead the development of industry-leading technology that brings together distributed catalog systems, discovery and evaluation primitives, and frictionless purchasing at internet scale.

Shopping Conversation Foundation (SCF) is building the next generation of catalog, discovery, and commerce systems that leverage generative AI and Large Language Models to create innovative shopping experiences. Our work spans from understanding products and brands at internet scale to enabling frictionless shopping experiences across Amazon. We tackle challenging problems in distributed systems, machine learning applications, and customer-facing commerce experiences.

As a software developer in this role, you will

1. Design, develop, and own distributed systems that power a worldwide product catalog at internet scale, ingesting and processing data from brands and retailers globally to make the world's selection discoverable to customers.

2. Collaborate closely with Applied Scientists to apply Large Language Models and generative AI techniques to build intelligent primitives that transform how customers discover and evaluate products.

3. Build robust, scalable systems that handle complex data flows, API integrations, and catalog synchronization across diverse commerce platforms.

4. Develop primitives and services that enable seamless purchasing experiences, allowing customers to complete transactions and manage orders without leaving Amazon while maintaining high availability, performance, and customer trust.

5. Own the full software development lifecycle for your systems, from requirements gathering and design through implementation, testing, deployment, monitoring, and operational excellence.

6. Drive technical innovation by experimenting with generative AI and LLMs to solve challenging problems in product catalog construction, selection discovery, and commerce experiences at scale.

7. Establish engineering best practices, write high-quality code, conduct thorough code reviews, and mentor junior engineers on distributed systems design and machine learning applications.

8. Monitor system health, troubleshoot production issues, and continuously improve system performance, reliability, and cost efficiency for services operating at Amazon scale.

9. Participate in on-call rotations to ensure operational excellence and rapid response to any customer-impacting issues.

Basic Qualifications

- 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

- Experience programming with at least one software programming language

Preferred Qualifications

- 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

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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.

Our 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. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223,600/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.