Amazon Development Center
Technology
SoftwareDevelopmentEngineer-ShoppingPersonalizationAI
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“Software Development Engineer - Shopping Personalization AI at Amazon Development Center. Skills: Personalization AI, Generative AI, Distributed systems. Design production AI features. Build production AI features”
Industry & Context.
Bias for action; Sound technical judgment
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field, 5+ years software development experience, Experience programming with Java, C++, or C#, Experience with object-oriented design, Experience with full software development life cycle, Experience contributing to architecture and design
Nice to Have
Experience building server-side rendered web experiences, Experience with experimentation (A testing), Experience with analytics instrumentation, Experience with metrics-driven iteration, Familiarity with AI/ML integration, Familiarity with generative AI applications, Experience with end-to-end SDLC ownership, Experience with operations and on-call, Experience with monitoring/metrics, Experience with incident response/RCA, Experience mentoring engineers, Experience driving engineering best practices
What You'll Do.
Design production AI features
Build production AI features
Test production AI features
Operate production AI features
Deliver end-to-end solutions
Collaborate with Product and Science
Iterate based on data
Build AI-powered experiences
Define measurement strategies
Implement measurement strategies
Track engagement and retention
Make sound technical decisions
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Multiple technical teams; Cross-functional teams
Communication Scope
Communicate clearly
Process & Methodology
Agile, Iterative shipping
Full Job Description
Amazon's Personalization organization builds the AI systems behind how hundreds of millions of customers discover and shop. We extract and reason over customer signals in real time, power LLM-driven recommendation experiences, and build AI-native discovery surfaces that combine products, content, and contextual recommendations. Our work sits at the intersection of generative AI, large-scale distributed systems, and customer-facing products, delivered through high-performance web and mobile experiences at Amazon scale. In this role you'll design and build features that shape how customers discover products - tailored to their preferences, helping them find exactly what they need, even before they know they need it. We're defining how LLMs integrate into real-time personalization, how noisy behavioral signals become durable customer understanding, and how AI-powered experiences ship reliably at scale. You'll work across multiple technical teams, ship iteratively, and see your work in the hands of customers quickly. This organization values experimentation, moves fast, and gives engineers real ownership over what they build. We are looking for a Software Development Engineer with sound technical judgment and a bias for action who takes ownership of problems end to end, communicates clearly, and cares about operational excellence - not just launching features, but making sure they hold up at scale. Someone who naturally raises the bar for the team: mentoring junior developers, advocating engineering best practices, and thinking beyond the immediate sprint. Key job responsibilities - Design, build, test, and operate production AI features used by multiple teams and operating at Amazon scale - Deliver end-to-end solutions with focus on maintainability, scalability, performance, and reliability - Collaborate with Product and Science to define experiences, run experiments, and iterate based on data - Build AI-powered experiences including personalized recommendations, relev
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