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Amazon Software Development Engineer, ML Infrastructure Team in Cupertino, California

Description

AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations that continue to set AWS’s services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization, you’ll support the development and management of Compute, Database, Storage, Platform, and Productivity Apps services in AWS, including support for customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services. Additionally, this role may involve exposure to and experience with Amazon's growing suite of generative AI services and other cutting-edge cloud computing offerings across the AWS portfolio.

Annapurna Labs (our organization within AWS UC) designs silicon and software that accelerates innovation. Customers choose us to create cloud solutions that solve challenges that were unimaginable a short time ago—even yesterday. Our custom chips, accelerators, and software stacks enable us to take on technical challenges that have never been seen before, and deliver results that help our customers change the world.

Want to help drive the success of Machine Learning technologies at AWS? Do you have the skills and motivation to build automation that supports the success of peer teams? We want to talk to you!

We seek a Software Development Engineer for the Machine Learning (ML) Infrastructure team to build the tools that are used to guarantee top performance of AWS ML and High Performance Computing (HPC) technologies developed by our organization. Bring your exceptional knowledge of CI/CD automation, ML and HPC benchmarks and applications to bear on the cutting-edge software we develop. Join us as we expand the AWS offerings for AI, including Trainium, Neuron and the Elastic Fabric Adapter (EFA).

Key job responsibilities

Be an autonomous engineer on a team that builds and maintains the infrastructure that monitors and reports on functionality and performance of massive testing workloads run at scale. Use internal Amazon CI/CD tools, Linux, and public AWS products to automate the delivery of our software to customers, saving developer time. Write Python code that effortlessly spools up large clusters and runs benchmarks and applications for ML and HPC workloads. Use AWS Managed Grafana and Athena to digest the massive amount of performance data generated by these workloads and create dashboards for developers and stakeholders. Invent automatic mechanisms to alert developers to functional and performance regressions so they never reach reach customers. Manage the complexity of infrastructure that covers many instance types, software stacks, Linux operating systems, cutting-edge releases and make it easy to evolve.

A day in the life

You use Typescript and the CDK to ensure all infrastructure setup is code (IaC), reviewed and committed to automated pipelines. You find innovative ways to schedule work using SLURM and Active Directory, supporting multiple teams of developers while keeping cluster costs down. You write crisp designs for your projects, communicating clearly to your peers what you will build.

About the team

We are part of Annapurna Labs, a subsidiary in AWS that builds software and hardware that make ML on EC2 work. Our organization is a dedicated group of innovators that have invented new networks, new silicon, new software suites, and combined those to entice customers to move immense ML and HPC workloads to the cloud. The ML Infrastructure team is laser focused on making AWS the best and most cost-effective place for customers to do AI at scale.

Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge-sharing and mentorship. Our senior members enjoy one-on-one mentoring and thorough, but kind, code reviews. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects that help our team members develop your engineering expertise so you feel empowered to take on more complex tasks in the future.

Diverse Experiences

AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

About AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Inclusive Team Culture

Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

Work/Life Balance

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.

Mentorship & Career Growth

We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

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

  • Experience developing highly automated CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins preferred)

  • Proficiency working with Linux, ideally including Containers

  • Experience with Clustered ML or HPC Applications or Benchmarks, especially using SLURM or in AWS

  • Experience coding in Python, Typescript, CDK

  • Experience creating automated dashboards and visualization (such as Grafana)

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 committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

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 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.

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