DESCRIPTION

Customer Behavior Analytics’ Downstream Impact (DSI) team owns Causal Machine Learning products aimed at estimating long-term value and informing financial planning. In this role, you will build big data systems processing several PETA bytes of data. You will influence financial investment forecasting, and how hundreds of billions of dollars will be spent across Amazon businesses.

Key job responsibilities
As a Software Development Engineer in DSI, you will:
– Work in a cross-functional team of product managers, Software and Data Engineers, and Scientists to build causal machine learning systems.
– Build data processing systems on AWS technologies (e.g., S3, EC2, EMR) and Apache Spark to process petabytes of data.
– Apply MLOps principles to facilitate rapid scientific innovation and experimentation.
– Scale machine learning workflows by leveraging deep knowledge of distributed systems like Spark, so that we can scale our systems to handle larger datasets, reduce IMR and computation limits
– Learn about the science of causal inference and lead the implementation of new concepts in production.
– Engage with customers and partner teams to improve product scope and usability.

A day in the life
– A day in the life of SDE in our team includes (but is not limited to) working on architecture designs, brainstorming with other engineers and working with leaders, planning day-week-month, and writing code.
– We prioritize work-life balance and our long-term design commitments have led us to have minimal operational maintenance required, with 90%+ oncall work expected during our business hours.
– We plan our team’s delivery using bi-weekly sprint plannings, backlog grooming sessions, weekly demos, and bi-monthly team events.

About the team
We are a team of 10 engineers working together to build causal machine learning systems processing several PETA bytes of data at the Amazon scale. With our recent product launches and recognition from leadership, we are increasing the team size with an expanded mandate for 2024, and we’re just getting started!

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

– 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
– 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
– Experience programming with at least one software programming language
– 1+ years of big data technologies such as AWS, Hadoop, Spark, Pig, Hive, Lucene/SOLR or Storm/Samza experience
– 1+ years of machine learning, statistical modeling, data mining, and analytics techniques experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

– 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
– Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

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