Amazon

Machine Learning Engineer, AWS Neuron Inference, Annapurna ML

Amazon$143K — $194K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of professional software development experience
  • 2+ years of design or architecture experience of systems
  • Proficiency in at least one software programming language
  • Experience in full software development life cycle
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent preferred

Responsibilities

  • Develop optimized building blocks for the Neuron distributed inference library
  • Tune components for highest performance on Trn2 and Trn3 servers
  • Create metrics and implement automation for technology components
  • Resolve root causes of software defects
  • Participate in design discussions and code reviews
  • Communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders
  • Work cross-functionally in a fast-paced, evolving environment

Benefits

  • Inclusive company culture that empowers employees
  • Opportunities for mentoring and career growth
  • Supportive work environment with knowledge-sharing
  • Code reviews prioritize development and learning
  • Access to diverse projects to enhance engineering expertise
Full Job Description
AWS Neuron is the complete software stack for the AWS Inferentia and Trainium cloud-scale machine

learning accelerators and the Trn2 and future Trn3 servers that use them. This role is for a software engineer in the Machine Learning Applications (ML Apps) team for AWS Neuron.

This role develops, enables and performance tunes building blocks for all key ML model families, including Llama3, GPT OSS, Qwen3, DeepSeek and beyond.

The Neuron Inference Technology team works side by side with the Inference Model Enablement, compiler runtime engineers to create, build and tune high-performance distributed inference solutions for the latest generation Trainium accelerators. Experience optimizing LLM inference performance with kernels, Python, PyTorch or JAX is a must.

Key job responsibilities

This team develops optimized building blocks for the Neuron distributed inference library, tuning them to ensure highest performance and maximize efficiency running on Trn2 and Trn3 servers.

A day in the life

As you develop technology components, you'll create metrics, implement automation and other improvements, and resolve the root cause of software defects. You'll also participate in design discussions, code review, and communicate with internal and external stakeholders. You will work cross-functionally with teams across Neufon

in a fast-paced startup-like development environment, where we constantly stay on top of the latest priorities as the AI landscape evolves.

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

- 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

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

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, WA, Seattle - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually

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Amazon Careers

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