Software Engineer- AI​/ML, AWS Neuron Distributed Training - Optimization

Position: Software Engineer- AI/ML, AWS Neuron Distributed Training - Performance Optimization
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DESCRIPTION:

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.

AWS Neuron is the complete software stack for the AWS Trainium and Inferentia cloud-scale machine
learning accelerators and the Trn3/Trn2/Trn1 and Inf2/Inf1 servers that use them. This role is for a software engineer in the Distributed Training team for AWS Neuron. This role is responsible for development, enablement and performance tuning of a wide variety of ML model families, including massive scale multi-modal large language models like Llama, Qwen, gpt-oss, Deep Seek and beyond, as well as multi-modal generation models such as Stable Diffusion, Flux, WAN, and many more.

The Distributed Training team works side by side with chip architects, compiler engineers and runtime engineers to create, build and tune distributed training solutions with AWS Trainium, maximize training throughput, minimize time-to-convergence, and push the boundaries of training efficiency on Trainium. You will identify and resolve performance bottlenecks across the stack, from collective communications and memory utilization to compiler optimizations and kernel performance.

Key job responsibilities

This role will help lead efforts to optimize distributed training performance on Trainium, with a primary focus on maximizing training throughput, model flops utilization, and efficiency across the Neuron software stack. You will work across PyTorch, JAX, and the Neuron compiler and runtime to enable and tune large-scale training workloads on the latest Trainium instances.

About the team
About the team
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 our team members develop your engineering expertise so you feel empowered to take on more complex tasks in the future.

Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the 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.

About AWS
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.

Inclusive Team Culture
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 (CORE) and Amaze Con (diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there's nothing we can't achieve in the cloud.

Mentorship & Career Growth
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:

- 3+ years of…