Principal Software Engineer, Amazon Photos

At Amazon Photos, we're revolutionizing how people preserve and relive their most precious memories. Our service delights millions of customers across mobile, web, desktop, Amazon devices, and Alexa experiences.

The Principal Software Engineer role will shape the technical strategy for our next generation of photo and video services, focusing on scaling infrastructure, advancing AI/ML capabilities, and creating seamless experiences across platforms. This is a senior technical leadership position working across teams to solve complex engineering challenges while serving millions of customers.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own and architect critical technical decisions impacting Amazon Photos' long-term success
• Drive innovation in cloud infrastructure, computer vision, machine learning, and distributed systems
• Provide technical leadership across multiple teams
• Partner with senior leadership on technical strategy and roadmap
• Mentor engineers and raise technical standards
• Solve complex challenges around processing, storing, and serving massive photo/video content
• Champion operational excellence

The Amazon Photos team builds and operates services processing billions of photos and videos, tackling exciting technical challenges in cloud infrastructure, AI/ML, computer vision, and distributed systems at massive scale. Our culture emphasizes deep technical expertise, customer obsession, and long-term thinking.

This role offers the opportunity to:

• Work on cutting-edge technology in photo/video processing
• Lead architectural decisions affecting millions of users
• Collaborate with talented engineers across Amazon
• Drive innovation in AI/ML and distributed systems
• Make a direct impact on how people preserve their memories