Are you excited about building world-class platforms that serve hundreds of millions of music updates daily? Amazon Music Catalog is seeking a Software Development Engineer II to join our mission-critical team responsible for persisting, computing, reconciling and vending music rights and metadata across Amazon. You'll tackle unprecedented challenges in digital record matching and reconciliation using advanced machine learning algorithms and Large Language Models (LLMs), working directly alongside Applied Scientists to push the boundaries of music technology.
In this role, you'll be at the heart of systems that serve tens of thousands of requests per second to all Amazon Music customers, ensuring our catalog platforms remain highly available and accessible. Your expertise in system design, machine learning, and project management will drive innovation in an environment where your technical contributions directly impact millions of music fans worldwide.
Key job responsibilities
- Design and implement scalable software solutions for music catalog management, ensuring high performance systems that handle hundreds of millions of updates per day
- Collaborate directly with Applied Scientists to develop and optimize machine learning algorithms and LLMs for digital record matching and reconciliation
- Take ownership of full software development lifecycle including scoping, design, coding, testing, deployment and maintenance of critical music catalog services
- Mentor junior Level 4 Software Development Engineers and serve as a technical standard bearer, providing meaningful feedback through code reviews and knowledge sharing
- Participate in operational support including on-call rotation, identifying root causes of issues and implementing permanent solutions to improve team operations
A day in the life
Working within our SCRUM methodology, you'll contribute to two-week sprint cycles that keep our team agile and focused. Your day might start with analyzing machine learning model performance for music metadata reconciliation, then transition to architecting solutions for new catalog features. You'll collaborate closely with Applied Scientists on research initiatives, participate in code reviews that elevate team standards, and share on-call responsibilities to ensure our services maintain their exceptional reliability.
About the team
The Amazon Music Catalog team owns the foundational infrastructure that powers music discovery for millions of customers worldwide. We're tackling complex challenges that haven't been solved before, building systems that process massive scale while maintaining precision in music rights and metadata management. Our work directly enables personalized playlists, seamless streaming experiences, and innovative features across all Amazon Music tiers.
As part of Amazon Music's broader mission to deepen connections between fans, artists, and creators, our team operates at the exciting intersection of music and technology. We foster an inclusive environment where curiosity drives innovation, mentorship accelerates growth, and every engineer contributes to solving problems that shape the future of music streaming for a global audience.
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
- 3+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience
- 1+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using: C#, C++, Java, or Perl experience
- 1+ years of Object Oriented Design 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, CA, San Francisco - 165,200.00 - 223,600.00 USD annually
