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Senior System Dev Engineer, Visual Search

Amazon is a global technology company leading in e-commerce, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence.
$136,100 - $235,200
DevOps
Senior Software Engineer
In-Person
5,000+ Employees
5+ years of experience
AI · E-Commerce
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Description For Senior System Dev Engineer, Visual Search

Amazon's Visual Shopping team is at the forefront of revolutionizing e-commerce through innovative visual search solutions. As a Senior System Dev Engineer in Visual Search, you'll be a key player in driving operational excellence and system reliability. The role combines technical leadership with hands-on engineering, focusing on building and maintaining high-performance, scalable systems that power Amazon's visual search capabilities.

You'll be responsible for leading operational excellence initiatives, developing automation solutions, and ensuring system health across the Visual Shopping organization. The team's work impacts millions of customers who use visual search features in the Amazon App, leveraging computer vision and machine learning to enhance shopping experiences.

The position offers an opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies in computer vision, deep learning, and large-scale engineering services. You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams, including applied scientists, product managers, and mobile developers, to deliver solutions that transform how customers shop on Amazon.

The role requires strong technical expertise in systems design, automation, and operational excellence, combined with leadership skills to drive improvements across the organization. You'll be working in a fast-paced environment with talented engineers, contributing to systems that operate at unprecedented scale.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone passionate about building reliable, maintainable systems and who wants to make a significant impact on how millions of customers shop using visual search technology. The position offers competitive compensation, including equity, and comprehensive benefits, reflecting Amazon's commitment to attracting top talent.

Last updated 7 months ago

Responsibilities For Senior System Dev Engineer, Visual Search

  • Drive operational health of systems and identify recurring issues
  • Build resilient infrastructure and monitoring setup
  • Own campaigns related to improving automated alerts and on-call process
  • Drive work related to companywide mandatory software upgrades and OS patching
  • Create automation for common team requests
  • Lead Operational Excellence charter for the team
  • Establish and own operational metrics/goals and Service Level Objectives
  • Develop and maintain high-throughput, cost-effective pipelines
  • Collaborate with stakeholders and customers from other teams

Requirements For Senior System Dev Engineer, Visual Search

Python
Java
Linux
  • 5+ years of systems design, software development, operations, automation, and process improvement experience
  • 5+ years of development/programming/scripting language (Python/Java/Bash/Perl) experience
  • 5+ years of deploying and operating in a Linux/Unix environment experience
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines build processes
  • Experience building tools for building, testing, releasing or monitoring
  • Bachelor's degree

Benefits For Senior System Dev Engineer, Visual Search

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401k
Equity
  • Medical, financial, and other benefits
  • Equity compensation
  • Sign-on payments
  • Total compensation package

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