Software Development Engineer (SDE2), AWS

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable code.
• Implement complex software solutions that meet business requirements.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and product managers to define, design, and ship features.
• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, bugs, and production issues.
• Participate in architecture, design, and technical specification reviews.
• Review pull requests and provide constructive technical feedback.
• Document work and contribute to continuous process improvement.
• Stay current with AWS technologies and emerging industry trends.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to engineering culture.
• Engage with customers or internal stakeholders to understand their needs.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• At least 2 years of non-internship experience with software design or architecture, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
• At least 3 years of experience building complex software systems.
• At least 2 years of experience designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded, or distributed software applications, tools, systems, or services using C#, C++, Java, or Perl.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
• Preferred: knowledge of JAX, PyTorch, vLLM, SGLang, Dynamo, TorchXLA, and TensorRT.
• Preferred: knowledge of machine learning and LLM fundamentals, including transformer architecture, training and inference lifecycles, and optimization techniques.
• Preferred: knowledge of Python and/or C++ programming.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health insurance, including medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life and AD&D insurance, and optional supplemental life plans.
• Employee assistance, mental health support, medical advice line, flexible spending accounts, and adoption and surrogacy reimbursement coverage.
• 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave.
• Sign-on payments and restricted stock units may be included in the compensation package.
• Roles are listed across locations in California, New York, Virginia, and Washington, including Cupertino, Santa Clara, Astoria, Brooklyn, Carle Place, New York, New York City, Arlington, and Seattle.