Senior Software Development Engineer, AWS Neuron Inference

Amazon.com Services LLC hiring for Senior Software Development Engineer, AWS Neuron Inference jobs in Mountlake Terrace, WA, US

AWS Neuron is the complete software stack for the AWS Inferentia and Trainium cloud-scale machine
learning accelerators and the Trn1 and Inf2 servers that use them. This role is for a software engineer in the Neuron Inference (ML Apps) team for AWS Neuron.

This role is responsible for development, enablement and performance optimization (latency, throughput) of a wide variety of ML model families, including massive scale large language models like Llama3, DBRX, and beyond, as well as Stable Diffusion, Vision Transformers and many more.

The Neuron Inference team works side by side with compiler engineers and runtime engineers to create, build and tune distributed inference solutions with Trn1/Inf2. Experience optimizing inference performance for both latency and throughput on these large models using PyTorch or JAX is a must. Experience with technologies/tools such as vLLM, Hugging Face, multi-modal inference, etc. is highly valued.

Key job responsibilities
This role will help lead the efforts building distributed inference support into Pytorch, Tensorflow using XLA and the Neuron compiler and runtime stacks. This role will help tune these models to ensure highest performance and maximize the efficiency of them running on the AWS Trainium and Inferentia silicon. Strong software development using C++/Python and ML knowledge are both critical to this role.

A day in the life
As you design and code solutions to help our team drive efficiencies in software architecture, you’ll create metrics, implement automation and other improvements, and resolve the root cause of software defects. You’ll also:

Build high-impact solutions to deliver to our large customer base.
Participate in design discussions, code review, and communicate with internal and external stakeholders.
Work cross-functionally to help drive business decisions with your technical input.
Work in a startup-like development environment, where you’re always working on the most important stuff.

About the team
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.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
- 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- 5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

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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. 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.