senior Software Engineer ic · Posted May 28, 2026

About this role

Amazon is hiring a senior-level Software Engineer based in IL. The posting calls out experience with LLMs, Distributed Systems, Machine Learning, Performance Optimization.

Role
Software Engineer
Function
software engineering
Level
senior
Track
Individual contributor
Employment
Full-time
Location
IL
Department
Software Development
Posted
May 28, 2026

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Job description

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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 Senior Software Development Engineer who leads through technical depth and sound judgment. Someone who owns team-level architecture, provides system-wide design guidance, and brings perspective on both current and future technology choices. You take on customer problems where…

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