Software Dev Engineer, Amazon Leo AI Foundations

Amazon Inc

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Work type: On-site
Location: Redmond, WA
Salary: $143,700–$194,400 / yr
Posted: 70 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Amazon Inc. is the world''s largest e-commerce and cloud computing company, operating the Amazon marketplace, AWS cloud platform, Prime subscription services, Alexa voice AI, and logistics infrastructure. Industry: E-Commerce & Cloud Computing

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TL;DR · Software Dev Engineer, Amazon Leo AI Foundations

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The Software Dev Engineer, Amazon Leo AI Foundations joins the team building the intelligent cloud backbone for Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite network. You will design, implement, and operate globally distributed systems to achieve low single-digit-second query responses within a near real-time analytics layer or lakehouse to support agentic AI capabilities. Key responsibilities include architecting a scalable S3-based Data Lakehouse, building an OLAP-based analytics layer, and managing a globally distributed vector database for billions of embeddings. You will develop cloud services and APIs using AWS technologies to facilitate intelligent software operation across satellites, ground gateways, and customer terminals. Required skills include professional software development experience, system design expertise, and proficiency in at least one programming language to solve complex data ingestion and semantic retrieval problems.

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AWS S3 Data Lakehouse OLAP Vector Database Distributed Systems APIs Machine Learning Source Control Management Metadata Management Data Ingestion Hybrid Search

What you'll do

Architect and implement a scalable, cost-optimized S3-based Data Lakehouse for structured and unstructured data.
Build a cost-performance-optimized OLAP-based analytics layer to support low single-digit-second query responses.
Design and implement a globally distributed vector database for managing billions of embeddings with sub-100ms retrieval.
Develop hybrid search strategies combining dense and sparse representations for optimal semantic retrieval.
Implement robust data quality frameworks with staging-first policies and automated validation pipelines.
Design semantic data models and metrics schemas that balance analytical performance with AI retrieval requirements.
Create cross-domain federated query capabilities using sophisticated query optimization techniques.
Establish automated compliance validation frameworks to ensure data handling meets security standards.

What we're looking for

Must be a U.S. citizen, national, permanent resident, refugee, or granted asylum.
3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
2+ years of non-internship design or architecture experience for new and existing systems.
Experience programming with at least one software programming language.
3+ years of full software development life cycle experience (preferred).
Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent (preferred).
Export control laws and regulations, candidates.

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