Description

Our team creates solutions for helping customers search and discover products using images. We are responsible for Amazon Lens, More Like This, and numerous other features on the Amazon app and website. We are developing advanced technologies to leverage our vast catalog of product images in ways that dramatically improve the experience of Amazon customers. We tackle complex problems in computer vision, machine learning, information retrieval, and large-scale distributed systems.

Key job responsibilities

As a Software Development Engineer in Visual Search you will:

• Design, implement, and deploy full-stack computer vision solutions for millions of Amazon customers.

• Iterate and improve upon scalable computer vision and machine learning solutions to hard problems.

• Assist scientists in their investigations and help solve and scale solutions to exciting and difficult challenges in computer vision, machine learning, and information retrieval.

• Build on core Visual Search technology.

A day in the life

You are going to love this job because you will:

• Be immersed in a "critical mass” of innovative and top caliber computer vision experts in a collegial and fun environment.

• Work on incredibly hard problems that are of value in the real world.

• Create world-class products.

• Build on Amazon’s tools and vast technical resources.

• Work in a dynamic team that provides continuous opportunities for learning and growth.

About the team

Located in our downtown Palo Alto office, you will experience the benefits of working in a dynamic, entrepreneurial environment, while leveraging the resources of Amazon.com (AMZN), one of the world's leading internet companies and work alongside other development teams across Amazon’s businesses and technology initiatives. We provide a highly customer-centric, team-oriented, collaborative environment.

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience

• 3+ 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

• Experience building services and familiarity with web technologies and AWS.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in computer science or equivalent

• 5+ years of programming using a modern programming language such as Java, C++, or C#, including object-oriented design experience

• Familiarity with one or more of: PyTorch, MxNet, TensorFlow, Keras, JAX, Caffe, or other gradient based learning framework.

• Industry experience with any of the following technologies: S3, SQS, DynamoDB, Elasticsearch, Lambda, HTML, CSS, jQuery, NodeJS, Docker, Tomcat, Spark, Ray, ECS, EKS, Sagemaker, Athena.

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223,600/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.