Member of Technical Staff - Infrastructure Engineer, Frontier AI & Robotics (FAR)

Amazon is hiring a Member of Technical Staff - Infrastructure Engineer, Frontier AI & Robotics (FAR) in San Francisco, United States. It pays $150k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Amazon.

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Builds and operates the foundational distributed infrastructure that powers robotics research and foundation model training.

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Amazon’s Frontier AI & Robotics (FAR) team is seeking a Member of Technical Staff, Infrastructure to build and scale the foundational systems that power our robotics research and development platform. In this role, you will design and operate the distributed infrastructure that enables our researchers and engineers to train foundation models, run large-scale experiments, and deploy intelligent robotic systems at Amazon scale.

Join the next revolution in robotics, where you’ll work alongside world-renowned AI pioneers to push the boundaries of what’s possible in robotic intelligence. As a Member of Technical Staff focused on Infrastructure, you’ll build the critical platform layer that accelerates every aspect of FAR’s research — from high-throughput data pipelines and experiment management systems to low-latency model serving and configuration delivery for robotic deployments.

This role is deeply technical and focuses on performance, scalability, and reliability at scale. You will design systems that support volumes of training data, operate with strict latency requirements, and provide the compute and data foundation that enables breakthrough research across FAR’s robotics ecosystem.

Key job responsibilities
• Design and build scalable compute and data infrastructure to support model training, inferencing, and eval for frontier AI/Robotics development
• Lead large technical initiatives and shape the architecture of FAR’s research platform infrastructure
• Develop tooling and frameworks that accelerate research workflows, including dataset management, visualization, and quality assessment systems
• Optimize query performance and data availability for experimentation and analytics workflows used by research teams
• Improve the performance, efficiency, and reliability of FAR’s core compute and storage infrastructure, ensuring systems remain fast and stable at scales
• Build highly scalable experimentation and analytics infrastructure to support model evaluation, A/B testing, and feature performance
• Collaborate directly with science and robotics teams to support research projects through both infrastructure development and hands-on technical contribution

Basic qualifications

- 5+ years of distributed systems experience
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field
- Proficiency in Python and at least one systems or backend programming language (e.g., Go, Java, C++)
- Experience with cloud infrastructure platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure), including compute, storage, and networking services
- Experience building or maintaining data pipelines, ETL systems, or ML training/serving infrastructure
- Understanding of system reliability principles including monitoring, observability, fault tolerance, and on-call operational practices

Preferred qualifications

- Experience supporting AI/ML research workflows, including building and optimizing training stack, experiment tracking, dataset management, or model deployment infrastructure
- Familiarity with robotics platforms, simulation environments, or real-time systems with strict latency requirements
- Experience with large-scale data processing frameworks (e.g., Apache Spark, Flink, or Ray) and query optimization for analytics workloads
- Demonstrated ability to lead large technical initiatives and influence architectural decisions across cross-functional teams
- Experience building developer tooling, internal platforms, or self-service infrastructure systems that improve research or engineering productivity

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.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $150,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $300,000/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. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

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Member of Technical Staff - Infrastructure Engineer, Frontier AI & Robotics (FAR) at Amazon rates 90 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Builds AI (AI Level 4 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Builds AI. The job is building AI systems.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
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Key facts

Member of Technical Staff - Infrastructure Engineer, Frontier AI & Robotics (FAR) is an open job at Amazon.
Level rates this role AI Level 4 of 4: Builds AI.
The listed salary is $150k a year.
The role is based in US, CA, San Francisco.
The job was posted on June 4, 2026.
Seniority: mid.
Applications are handled by Amazon. Apply on Amazon

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