Software Development Engineer, Sponsored Products and Brands Off-Search

Amazon • Palo Alto, CA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

As a Software Development Engineer on the Sponsored Products and Brands Off-Search team, you will help build hyper-scale online systems, offline data pipelines, and machine learning infrastructure—leveraging Generative AI (GenAI) and Large Language Models (LLMs) to transform advertising and shopping experiences. You will have the opportunity to transform core areas such as ad retrieval, ad allocation, whole-page relevance, and differentiated recommendations by designing and delivering high-quality, architecturally sound systems aligned with business needs. With the support of GenAI, you will design globally scalable solutions that evolve in the right long-term direction while delivering iterative value to customers. This is a rare opportunity to redefine how ads are retrieved, allocated, and experienced—elevating them into personalized, contextually aware, and inspiring parts of the customer journey. If you are passionate about applying frontier AI to solve real-world problems at massive scale and impact, this is your chance to define the next chapter of advertising engineering.

Requirements

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• Knowledge of programming languages such as C/C++, Python, Java or Perl
• Experience in computer science fundamentals (object-oriented design, data structures, algorithm design, problem solving and complexity analysis)
• Experience designing, building, operating, and managing large-scale distributed systems or web services

Nice To Haves

• 5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
• Hands-on experience applying Generative AI (GenAI) or Large Language Model (LLM) to real-world problems at scale.
• Familiarity with NLP/ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, Hugging Face).
• Experience in building machine learning systems, recommendation engines, or large-scale data pipelines.
• Experience with AWS services or other cloud platforms.
• Strong track record of delivering complex projects end-to-end.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and operate large-scale distributed systems for Sponsored Products and Brands advertising.
• Build and optimize data pipelines and services to improve ad retrieval, allocation, and recommendations.
• Apply Generative AI (GenAI) and Large Language Models (LLMs) to deliver more relevant, personalized ad and shopping experiences.
• Collaborate with applied scientists, product managers, and other engineers to define and deliver customer-focused solutions.
• Write high-quality, maintainable code and participate in design and code reviews.
• Drive operational excellence through monitoring, automation, and continuous improvement.

Benefits

• 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
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed