RFID Store Design/Operations Engineer, JWO Merchant Operations

Amazon is hiring an RFID Store Design/Operations Engineer, JWO Merchant Operations in Seattle, United States. It pays $120k-$162k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Amazon.

Level's read on this job

On Level's scale, this role is Works on AI ●●●○: the daily work is on AI products, without building the model.
Tools and skills the posting cites include rfid, solutions architecture and customer facing.
Level classifies it as a mid-level role.
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AI in this role

Lead customer-facing RFID solutions and operations programs for Amazon's Just Walk Out technology.

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AWS Applied AI Solutions (AAIS) is building toward a future where every business innovates with Amazon AI teammates. To get there, we build AI solutions that improve human capabilities and transform entire business functions. We create end-to-end products that surprise and delight out-of-the-box, making complex things easy and hard things possible, with no cloud experience required. We start with customers who embrace the future and build bridges to meet the rest where they are. We pursue ambitious opportunities with conviction, and we are looking for builders who share that mindset.

Amazon's Just Walk Out (JWO) recently launched its RFID-based checkout technology.

JWO's RFID technologies really change the way our retail customers operate both in-store and back-of-house.

Customers need help adapting their infrastructure tools and operations to maximize the value they can extract from JWO's RFID technologies.

JWO's RFID Team seeks an innovative solutions-oriented and process-minded engineer to lead a program that works directly with retail customers and between product engineering and operations teams to define optimal end-to-end RFID solutions that meet our customer's unique in-store and back-of-house needs.

Key job responsibilities
• Understand the business/operational needs and challenges of JWO's RFID customers across our current verticals • Stay current on the features and benefits of JWO's latest RFID products and tools as well as their constraints and limitations • Provide RFID customers the right (in-store and back-of-house) RFID solution the first time proven with quantitative before/after data • Adhere to, enforce, and improve our store configuration and launch process in partnership with sales and implementation teams • Identify any gaps in JWO's RFID product offering and escalate them to our product team for short-term mitigations and long-term solutions • Present customer learnings, process improvements, program updates, and strategic roadmaps to senior leadership on a regular basis using strong written and verbal communication skills. • 25% expected travel based on business needs

A day in the life
To be successful in this role you will need to be able to quickly learn the business and operational demands of our customers across different business verticals and reliably define the right complement of RFID-based solutions that deliver demonstrable customer value.

As your ability to deliver "the right solution the first time" grows you will need to be able to define and drive the implementation of scalable processes and tools that ensure new customers continue to get the right solutions as our business and product offerings grow.

You will work with senior leaders across the JWO organization and work directly between sales and implementation teams to define adhere to and enforce store launch processes that quickly gather customer requirements and transform them into implementable RFID solutions that can be deployed quickly.

You will be challenged; you will learn; you will work on high-impact & high-visibility projects; you will grow.

About the team
Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn't followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don't let it stop you from applying.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that's why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there's nothing we can't achieve in the cloud.

Here at AWS, it's in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity and AmazeCon conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

We're continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth's Best Employer. That's why you'll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Basic qualifications

- Bachelor's degree or above in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)
- 5+ years of Microsoft Office products and applications experience
- Experience working in a fast-paced and highly cross-functional organization
- 5+ years optimizing designs, processes, and/or products in retail and/or engineering
- Experience working directly with customers and delivering products/solutions with quantitative impact
- Experience and technical background in defining standardized processes and scalable software tools

Preferred qualifications

- Experience in Lean Management, Six Sigma and other operations engineer tools
- Experience building launch readiness frameworks, standard work, playbooks, and scalable deployment mechanisms across multiple concurrent sites
- Experience in retail, operations and/or business management
- Experience building or using optimization software (system design, multi-step processes)

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, WA, Seattle - 119,600.00 - 161,700.00 USD annually

How we rate this

RFID Store Design/Operations Engineer, JWO Merchant Operations at Amazon rates 65 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Works on AI (AI Level 3 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Works on AI. The daily work is on AI products, without building the model.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.

Key facts

RFID Store Design/Operations Engineer, JWO Merchant Operations is an open job at Amazon.
Level rates this role AI Level 3 of 4: Works on AI.
The listed salary is $120k-$162k a year.
The role is based in US, WA, Seattle.
The job was posted on July 6, 2026.
Seniority: mid.
Applications are handled by Amazon. Apply on Amazon

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