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