Software Development Engineer II, Silicon Scan & Fleet Diagnostics, Machine Learning Accelerator Technology Team

Amazon is hiring a Software Development Engineer II, Silicon Scan & Fleet Diagnostics, Machine Learning Accelerator Technology Team in Austin, United States. It pays $144k-$194k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Amazon.

Level's read on this job

Builds AI ●●●● is how Level rates this software engineer role: the job is building AI systems.
Tools and skills the posting cites include Python, C and Jtag.
Level classifies it as a mid-level role.
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Develop software for silicon testing, structural scan execution, and fleet diagnostics for machine learning accelerators.

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Annapurna Labs designs silicon and software that accelerates innovation. Customers choose us to create cloud solutions that solve challenges that were unimaginable a short time ago—even yesterday. Our custom chips, accelerators, and software stacks enable us to take on technical challenges that have never been seen before, and deliver results that help our customers change the world.

In Annapurna Labs we are at the forefront of hardware/software co-design not just in Amazon Web Services (AWS) but across the industry. The MLA Technology team is looking for candidates who are excited to write software that tests silicon itself—running structural scan (DFT) tests across a huge fleet of machine learning accelerator servers, and turning the results into insights about some of the largest chips ever built.

Do you like the idea of testing billions of transistors and finding the one that’s misbehaving? Great! Ever talked to a chip over JTAG just to see what it would say? Great! Do you read data sheets like others read the news? Great! Written a script to automate something tedious, then kept improving it just because you could? Great! Enjoy turning a mountain of raw data into a dashboard that tells a story? Great! Did this make you smile? Awesome.

Our team writes software that tests the most advanced machine learning chips in the world, at a scale and speed few systems anywhere can match. If that interests you, come join our team!

Key job responsibilities
- Own and evolve the software that speeds up structural scan (DFT) test execution across a large fleet of ML accelerator servers
- Design and deliver improvements to the tools and workflows used to bring new scan test patterns to production, from architecture through deployment
- Build data analytics and dashboards that track test pattern execution across the fleet
- Automate silicon debug and large-scale investigation workflows
- Partner with the teams that run and validate scan testing at scale, turning their needs into maintainable, tested, reusable software
- Mentor early-career engineers and raise the bar through design discussions and thorough, but kind, code reviews

A day in the life
As an SDE II on the team, you’ll own problems end to end—designing the solution, writing the code, testing it against real hardware, and shipping it to a fleet. One day you might be profiling scan execution to shave seconds off a test that runs across thousands of machines; another day you might be building a dashboard that shows how a new test pattern is behaving across the fleet, or automating complex silicon investigations. No software is too low level for us. No software is too high level for us. You’ll work alongside senior engineers deep in silicon test, and help early-career engineers on the team grow through your designs and code reviews.

About the team
We are not a team of machine learning practitioners—we are a software team focused on testing and understanding the silicon that enables accelerated machine learning workloads at scale, including the chips behind AWS Trainium and AWS Inferentia.

Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge-sharing and mentorship. Our senior members enjoy one-on-one mentoring and thorough, but kind, code reviews. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects that help you develop your engineering expertise so you feel empowered to take on more complex tasks in the future.

Basic qualifications

- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language

Preferred qualifications

- 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- Experience in embedded development in C/C++
- Knowledge of computer architecture, operating systems, and parallel computing
- Experience writing low level drivers
- Experience in debugging, profiling, and implementing software engineering best practices in large-scale systems

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, TX, Austin - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually

How we rate this

Software Development Engineer II, Silicon Scan & Fleet Diagnostics, Machine Learning Accelerator Technology Team at Amazon rates 80 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
●○○○ 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

Software Development Engineer II, Silicon Scan & Fleet Diagnostics, Machine Learning Accelerator Technology Team is an open job at Amazon.
Level rates this role AI Level 4 of 4: Builds AI.
The listed salary is $144k-$194k a year.
The role is based in US, TX, Austin.
The job was posted on October 13, 2026.
Seniority: mid.
Applications are handled by Amazon. Apply on Amazon

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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

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Pay

This job starts at: $144k
Typical software engineer job: $168k

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