staff software engineering Staff Engineer tech_leadership 5+ yrs Master's · Posted Nov 3, 2025

About this role

Amazon is hiring a staff-level Staff Engineer in the software engineering function based in San Francisco, CA. The posting calls out experience with Python, Java, TensorFlow, PyTorch and roughly 5+ years of relevant work. Listed education preference: a master's degree or equivalent.

Role
Staff Engineer
Function
software engineering
Level
staff
Track
Tech leadership
Employment
Full-time
Location
San Francisco, CA
Experience
5+ years
Education
Master's degree
Department
Applied Science
Posted
Nov 3, 2025
AI Summary
Develop multimodal LLMs and AI agent systems to automate workflows and enable practical AI applications. Requires PhD or Master's with 5+ years applied research experience, 3+ years building ML models for business, and proficiency in Python, Java, or C++. Focus on GenAI, reinforcement learning, and cross-functional collaboration.

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Job description

from Amazon careers

The Amazon AGI SF Lab is focused on developing new foundational capabilities for enabling useful AI agents that can take actions in the digital and physical worlds. In other words, we’re enabling practical AI that can actually do things for us and make our customers more productive, empowered, and fulfilled. The lab is designed to empower AI researchers and engineers to make major breakthroughs with speed and focus toward this goal. Our philosophy combines the agility of a startup with the resources of Amazon. By keeping the team lean, we’re able to maximize the amount of compute per person. Each team in the lab has the autonomy to move fast and the long-term commitment to pursue high-risk, high-payoff research. Key job responsibilities - Develop multimodal Large Language Models (LLMs) to observe, model and derive insights from manual workflows for automation - Work in a joint scrum with engineers for rapid invention, develop automation agent systems, and take them to launch for millions of customers - Collaborate with cross-functional teams of engineers, product managers, and scientists to identify and solve complex problems in GenAI - Design and execute experiments to evaluate the performance of different algorithms and models, and iterate quickly…

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