Software Development 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 Development Engineer, Amazon Leo AI Foundations

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The Software Development Engineer, Amazon Leo AI Foundations joins the team building the intelligent cloud backbone for a low Earth orbit satellite network. This role involves designing, implementing, and operating 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. You will architect a scalable S3-based Data Lakehouse, implement OLAP-based analytics, and build a globally distributed vector database infrastructure for managing billions of embeddings. Key responsibilities include establishing metadata management, designing hybrid search strategies, and developing intelligent orchestration for metrics generation. You will utilize AWS technologies and software engineering best practices to solve complex problems regarding network performance, routing, and user experience across satellites, ground gateways, and customer terminals.

What does a Software Development Engineer earn in Washington?

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Skills

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 scalable, cost-performance-optimized OLAP-based analytics layer to support low-latency query responses.
Architect a globally distributed vector database infrastructure capable of managing billions of embeddings with sub-100ms retrieval.
Design and implement hybrid search strategies combining dense vectors with sparse representations for semantic retrieval.
Develop intelligent orchestration for metrics generation workflows with comprehensive audit trails and automated validation pipelines.
Lead the design of semantic data models that balance analytical performance with AI retrieval requirements.
Implement 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

Candidates 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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