The Software Development Engineer role on the AWS Quick RAG team focuses on developing cutting-edge retrieval-augmented generation technology for Amazon Quick Suite. The team is responsible for building scalable ingestion pipelines that process multi-modal content, including PDF, audio, and video. This position involves optimizing system performance and collaborating with applied scientists to integrate advanced machine learning models. The role offers the opportunity to work with modern AWS technologies while directly impacting customer experience.

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 2+ years of design or architecture experience of new and existing systems
• 1+ years of experience as a software development engineer or in a related role
• 1+ years of experience designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, or distributed software applications
• 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience
• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language
• 3+ years of full software development life cycle experience

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable ingestion pipelines for processing millions of documents.
• Optimize system performance and reliability for multi-modal content.
• Implement computer vision and machine learning solutions for content extraction.
• Collaborate with applied scientists to integrate advanced retrieval models.
• Participate in on-call rotations and conduct code reviews.
• Mentor team members and contribute to architectural decisions.

• Employees at Amazon are often offered comprehensive health benefits—including multiple medical plan options (no pre-existing condition exclusions, 100% covered in-network preventive care), dental and vision plans, a 24/7 medical advice line from day one, expert second-opinion services, and broad mental-health support with several free counseling sessions (including pediatric). Financial wellness typically includes a 401(k) with company match (up to 2%), Restricted Stock Units (equity), FSAs, an emergency savings program, product and partner discounts, and even college-savings and home-purchase programs. Overall, the package is designed to support employees and their families’ health, finances, and day-to-day life.