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Sr. Machine Learning Engineer

Amazon

Location

Seattle, WA

Type

Full-time

Posted

11/7/2026

Compensation

$168,100 - $261,500 per year

Undergraduate with 5+ Years of Experience
H-1B FY202699.1% approval+9% YoY
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Job description

The Ad Response Prediction team at Amazon Ads is focused on building machine learning systems that enhance ad relevance across Amazon's platforms. This role involves leading the architectural direction of ML infrastructure, particularly for large-scale training and real-time inference systems. The team is at the forefront of integrating generative AI technologies into advertising, aiming to transform how customers discover products. The position requires collaboration with applied scientists to ensure models perform reliably at scale while mentoring engineers in ML infrastructure best practices.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
  • 5+ years of programming experience with at least one software programming language
  • 5+ years of experience leading design or architecture of new and existing systems
  • Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or leading an engineering team
  • 5+ years of experience in the full software development life cycle, including coding standards and operations
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Responsibilities

  • Lead the development of LLM inference infrastructure for next-generation GenAI workloads at Amazon Ads scale
  • Own the architectural direction of large-scale ML training and real-time inference systems
  • Partner with applied scientists to design and optimize end-to-end ML pipelines
  • Influence technical direction beyond your team by establishing ML infrastructure best practices
  • Make principled tradeoff decisions on complex problems in a fast-moving GenAI space
  • Mentor engineers across the team and serve as a technical resource for ML infrastructure expertise

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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