Machine Learning Engineer II, Amazon Music - MusicIQ
AmazonMachine Learning Engineer II, Amazon Music - MusicIQ
AmazonLocation
Seattle, WA
Type
Full-time
Posted
9/24/2026
Compensation
$143,700 - $194,400 per year
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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