Amazon

Software Development Engineer I - AI/ML Network Infrastructure, Annapurna Labs

Amazon$127K — $185K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field (recent graduates welcome)
  • Strong proficiency in C/C++
  • Coursework or project experience in Operating Systems, Parallel Computer Architecture, and Distributed Systems
  • Familiarity with Linux development environments and toolchains
  • Preferred internship experience in ML communications, HPC networking, or RDMA/high-speed interconnects

Responsibilities

  • Write high-performance C/C++ code for network communication libraries on AWS hardware
  • Build and maintain infrastructure for monitoring large-scale AI/ML workloads
  • Develop automation using Python and AWS tools for software testing and delivery
  • Design mechanisms to detect functional and performance regressions before production deployment
  • Work across various instance types, software stacks, and Linux environments

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription)
  • 401(k) matching
  • Paid time off and parental leave
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and mental health support
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement coverage
Full Job Description
We're looking for a talented early-career engineer to join our team that owns the network stack for EC2 distributed AI/ML systems. You'll work on software that enables the world's largest AI models to train across massive GPU clusters, developing support for communication libraries and frameworks like NCCL, NVSHMEM, and NIXL.

This is a ground-floor opportunity to work at the intersection of high-performance computing, networking, and machine learning infrastructure - building the systems that power the largest AI workloads in the cloud.

Key job responsibilities

- Write high-performance C/C++ code for network communication libraries running on custom AWS hardware

- Build and maintain infrastructure that monitors functionality and performance of large-scale AI/ML workloads

- Develop automation using Python and AWS tools (CI/CD, Grafana, Athena) to test, benchmark, and deliver software to customers

- Design mechanisms to detect functional and performance regressions before they reach production

- Work across many instance types, software stacks, and Linux environments

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field (recent graduates welcome)

- Strong proficiency in C/C++

- Solid coursework or project experience in: 1/ Operating Systems (Linux internals, kernel concepts, memory management) 2/ Parallel Computer Architecture (multi-threading, SIMD, GPU programming, cache coherence) 3/ Distributed Systems (consensus, message passing, fault tolerance, scalability)

- Familiarity with Linux development environments and toolchains

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Internship experience in ML communications, HPC networking, or RDMA/high-speed interconnects

- Exposure to network programming (sockets, MPI, collective communication patterns)

- Experience with performance profiling and optimization

- Familiarity with GPU programming (CUDA) or hardware-software co-design

- Contributions to open-source projects in systems, networking, or HPC

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, CA, Cupertino - 127,100.00 - 185,000.00 USD annually

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Amazon Careers

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