The Fleet Performance Optimization (FPO) organization at Amazon Robotics focuses on building intelligent systems for robot manipulation workcells. As a Software Development Engineer (SDE), you will design, build, and operate distributed systems that integrate robotics, machine learning, and large-scale data processing. You will collaborate with scientists and engineering teams to translate research into reliable production systems that enhance operational efficiency. This role offers the opportunity to impact fulfillment processes at scale, processing millions of packages daily.

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 2+ years of experience in design or architecture of new and existing systems
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
• Experience designing and building distributed systems or data-intensive applications
• Experience with the full software development lifecycle
• Experience with ML infrastructure including training pipelines and model serving
• Experience with event-driven architectures and stream processing at scale
• Experience with AWS services such as ECS, Lambda, and SageMaker
• Experience building developer tools, data platforms, or observability systems
• Familiarity with ML concepts like model evaluation and data drift
• Experience working in robotics or computer vision
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools like CDK or CloudFormation
• Strong written communication skills

• Design, build, and operate distributed systems for robotics and machine learning applications
• Develop high-throughput, event-based scoring services for real-time inventory signals
• Create config-based annotation orchestration systems for ML data pipelines
• Build model deployment infrastructure across edge devices and cloud services
• Implement fleet monitoring systems to detect performance anomalies
• Develop unified data exploration and visualization tools for engineers and scientists
• Create ongoing learning systems to intelligently select data for collection
• Extend foundational models for various prediction tasks
• Own systems end-to-end from design to production operations

• 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.