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Software Development Engineer, Alexa Excellence, Alexa LLM Inference, Capacity, & Efficiency

Amazon

Location

Bellevue, WA

Type

Full-time

Posted

9/22/2026

Compensation

$143,700 - $223,600 per year

Undergraduate with 2+ Years of Experience
H-1B FY202699.1% approval+9% YoY
👑 Elite sponsor

Job description

The Alexa AI Logistics for Infrastructure, Cost, and Efficiency (ALICE) team is seeking Software Development Engineers to enhance AI infrastructure that supports millions of Alexa customers. This role focuses on building large-scale distributed systems and optimizing GPU fleet management for machine learning workloads. Engineers will collaborate with senior team members to deliver impactful features and ensure operational excellence. The position offers an opportunity to work on high-visibility projects that are crucial for the future of Alexa's AI capabilities.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
  • 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture experience of new and existing systems
  • 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, including coding standards and operations
  • Experience in developing and deploying LLMs in production on GPUs, Neuron, TPU or other AI acceleration hardware

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and maintain large-scale distributed systems and infrastructure services
  • Work on GPU fleet management and optimization for low-latency machine learning inference workloads
  • Collaborate with senior engineers/scientists to deliver features from design through production deployment
  • Set standards and contribute to the operational excellence of Tier-1 production services
  • Write clean, testable, maintainable code and participate actively in code reviews
  • Work closely with partner teams across Alexa and AWS to deliver cross-functional projects
  • Research and identify opportunities to improve service performance, reliability, and cost efficiency

Benefits

  • 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.

H-1B filing history

Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026

Filing entity: Amazon Com Services Llc

As of Aug 23, 2026

Initial approvals

3,290

FY2026

Approval rate

99.1%

FY2026

LCA certified

32,937

FY2026

Entry-level share

10.6%

FY2026

Initial approvals YoY

+9%

Trend

LCA certified YoY

-44%

Trend

Initial approvals by fiscal year

Approval rate by fiscal year

Continuing vs initial approvals

LCA certified positions by quarter

LCA certified positions by fiscal year

Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.

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