JobsMachine Learning Engineer II, Amazon Music - MusicIQ
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Machine Learning Engineer II, Amazon Music - MusicIQ

Amazon

Location

Seattle, WA

Type

Full-time

Posted

9/24/2026

Compensation

$143,700 - $194,400 per year

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

Job description

The Machine Learning Engineer will join the MusicIQ team to design and evolve scalable, high-performance machine learning systems. This role involves working with large-scale distributed systems, data pipelines, and applied ML/AI to enhance content intelligence and catalog serving at Amazon scale. The engineer will collaborate with Applied Scientists, Product Managers, and engineering teams to create reliable and cost-efficient systems. The focus will be on improving system scalability, data quality, and operational efficiency while integrating AI-driven 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
  • 1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience
  • 1+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications using C#, C++, Java, or Perl
  • 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

Responsibilities

  • Enhance core ML infrastructure for tagging music content and improve music similarity capabilities.
  • Partner with research scientists to deploy scalable ML models to production, improving model performance and architecture.
  • Investigate design approaches, prototype new technologies, and evaluate their technical feasibility.
  • Collaborate with scientists to design and build data pipelines for processing massive datasets.
  • Develop and maintain platforms and services for building, evaluating, and deploying machine learning models.

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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