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Senior Software Development Engineer, AZA

Hyderabad · On-site · 5+ yrs · Senior · Full-time

Senior Software Engineer for AI-powered HR conversational platform at Amazon's Hyderabad office.

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Posted 12 Oct 2026 · found on Amazon's own careers page

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Written from 8 current Engineering postings on Amazon's own careers page — not questions Amazon has asked.

  1. Walk me through how you'd design a GenAI-based test tool that multiple independent teams across Amazon could plug into for their own testing pipelines. What would the extensibility points look like, and how would you avoid it becoming a one-off script that only your team can use?
    From the posting: “design and develop GenAI tools, frameworks and testing infrastructure to facilitate the testing by multiple teams and Amazon business. This includes analyzing requirements, assessing testability, identifying automation opportunities and implementing them for projects where the work will be run by multiple businesses in parallel.pen_spark/ ... for projects where the work will be run by multiple businesses in parallel.pen_spark/ ... facilitate the testing by multiple teams and Amazon business.pen_spark/ ... pen_spark/Design and develop GenAI tools, frameworks and testing infrastructure to facilitate the testing by multiple teams and Amazon business.pen_spark/Lead effort towards simplifying test tools and technologies in terms of efficiency, effectiveness stability, extensibility, and scalability.”
  2. The HR conversational AI assistant starts giving employees confidently wrong answers about a leave policy that recently changed. Walk me through how you'd triage and fix this in production.
    From the posting: “driving the operational fundamentals (accuracy, latency, quality) that earn employee trust”
  3. The Payroll and Freight postings talk a lot about 'ambiguous problems' and 'solving complex problems, applying appropriate technologies and best practices.' Tell me about a time when you had to turn an ambiguous or fuzzy requirement into a clear technical solution.
    From the posting: “You will solve ambiguous business problems and map them to elegant technical solutions”
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Amazon's People eXperience and Technology (PXT) organization is redefining how employees interact with HR systems, policies, and processes through conversational AI. As a Senior Software Engineer on our AI-powered HR assistant team, you will own the technical architecture, design, and build for our generative AI platform at a moment when the underlying technology is advancing faster than at any point in our industry's history. Our conversational AI assistant serves Amazonians at scale across multiple HR domains, helping employees navigate everyday workplace needs seamlessly. We're expanding: bringing more HR experiences into conversational workflows, building advanced platform capabilities that make the assistant smarter with every interaction, and driving the operational fundamentals (accuracy, latency, quality) that earn employee trust.

You will architect, design, build, and ship production AI systems. To fuel this mission, we are growing our Engineering team in Hyderabad.

Basic qualifications

- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience - 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience - 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience - Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team - Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Preferred qualifications

- 5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience - Knowledge of professional software engineering & best practices for full software development life cycle, including coding standards, software architectures, code reviews, source control management, continuous deployments, testing, and operational excellence 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.

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