Software Development Engineer III, Annapurna Labs

About Amazon Annapurna LabsAmazon Annapurna Labs team (our organization within AWS UC) is responsible for building innovation in silicon and software for our AWS customers. We are at the forefront of innovation by combining cloud scale with the world’s most talented engineers. Our team covers multiple disciplines including silicon engineering, hardware design, software and operations. Because of our team's breadth of talent, we have been able to improve AWS cloud infrastructure in high‑performance machine learning with AWS Neuron, Inferentia and Trainium ML chips, in networking and security with products such as AWS Nitro, Enhanced Network Adapter (ENA), and Elastic Fabric Adapter (EFA), and in computing with AWS Graviton and F1 EC2 instances.About AWS Utility Computing (UC)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 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 cloud computing offerings across the AWS portfolio.About AWSAmazon 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.About AWS NeuronAWS Neuron is the software of Trainium and Inferentia, the AWS Machine Learning chips. Inferentia delivers best‑in‑class ML inference performance at the lowest cost in the cloud to our AWS customers. Trainium is designed to deliver the best‑in‑class ML training performance at the lowest training cost in the cloud, and it’s all being enabled by AWS Neuron. Neuron is a software that includes an ML compiler and native integration into popular ML frameworks. Our products are being used at scale with external customers like Anthropic and Databricks as well as internal customers like Alexa, Amazon Bedrocks, Amazon Robotics, Amazon Ads, Amazon Rekognition and many more.About the RoleYou will join a dynamic team building and applying AI agents to simplify and accelerate customer adoption of Trainium and Inferentia. As a Sr. SDE you will work with external and internal customers to identify the main obstacles and the opportunities to accelerate their adoption of the Neuron technology.Key Job ResponsibilitiesDesign, implement, test, deploy and maintain innovative software solutions to transform service performance, durability, cost, and security.Build high‑quality, highly available, always‑on products.Research implementations that deliver the best possible experiences for customers.Collaborate across diverse teams, projects, and environments to have a firsthand impact on our global customer base.Solve challenging technical problems, often ones that have not been solved before, at every layer of the stack.A Day In The LifeBuild high‑impact solutions to deliver to our large customer base.Participate in design discussions, code reviews, and communicate with internal and external stakeholders.Work cross‑functionally to help drive business decisions with your technical input.Collaborate closely with a cross‑functional team comprised of compiler, hardware, and ML engineers.Work in a startup‑like development environment, where you’re always working on the most important stuff.Basic Qualifications5+ years of non‑internship professional software development experience.5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language.5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems.5+ years of full software development life cycle experience, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team.Hands‑on technical experience working on the Generative AI space.Preferred QualificationsMaster's degree in computer science or equivalent.1+ years in machine learning or other computational modeling environments with an emphasis on building and optimizing models for diverse hardware platforms.Amazon is an equal‑opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. 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 for more information.Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $151,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $261,500/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. 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