What are the responsibilities and job description for the Member of Technical Staff, Backend, AGI position at Amazon?
Description
Amazon AGI Autonomy develops foundational capabilities for useful AI agents. We are the research lab behind Amazon Nova Act, a state-of-the-art computer-use agent. Our work combines Large Language Models (LLMs) with Reinforcement Learning (RL) to solve reasoning, planning, and world modeling in the virtual world. We are a small, talent-dense lab with the autonomy to move fast and the long-term commitment to pursue high-risk, high-payoff research. Come be a part of our journey!
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About the team:
We are a research engineering team responsible for data ingestion and research tooling that support model development across the lab. The lab’s ability to train state-of-the-art models depends on generating high-quality training data and having useful tools for understanding experimental outcomes. We accelerate research work across the lab while maintaining the operational reliability expected of critical infrastructure.
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About the role:
As a backend engineer on the team, you will build and operate core services that ingest, process, and distribute large-scale, multi-modal datasets to internal tools and data pipelines across the lab.
This is a hands-on technical leadership role. You will ship a lot of code while defining backend architecture and operational standards across the platform. The platform is built primarily in TypeScript today, with plans to introduce Python services in the future. We are looking for someone who can balance rapid experimentation with operational rigor to build reliable services in a fast-moving research environment.
Key job responsibilities
- Be highly productive in the codebase and drive the team’s engineering velocity.
- Design and evolve backend architecture and interfaces for core services.
- Define and own standards for production health, performance, and observability.
- Collaborate directly with Research, Human Feedback, Product Engineering, and other teams to understand workflows and define requirements.
- Write technical RFCs to communicate design decisions and tradeoffs across teams.
- Own projects end to end, from technical design through long-term maintenance.
- Raise the team’s technical bar through thoughtful code reviews, architectural guidance, and mentorship.
Basic Qualifications
- 8 years of professional software engineering experience.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience building and operating backend services for fast-evolving, user-facing products.
- Experience designing and evolving APIs that prioritize ergonomics and maintainability.
- Demonstrated history of independently driving ambiguous, open-ended projects.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience operating at staff-level, or with significant cross-team technical influence.
- Experience building high-throughput services that support complex query patterns.
- Experience with TypeScript and/or Python backend development and toolchain.
- Experience designing and operating services on AWS.
- Experience working in startup or research environments with rapidly evolving requirements.
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
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.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $150,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $325,000/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.
Salary : $150,000 - $325,000