Sr. Software Dev. Engineer, Sponsored Products and Brands

Amazon • New York, NY

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About The Position

Amazon's Sponsored Brands Advertising org stands at the forefront of digital
commerce innovation, seamlessly blending advertising expertise with e-commerce
excellence. Our platform empowers businesses to connect with millions of Amazon
shoppers through sophisticated advertising solutions, spanning across Amazon.com
and affiliated platforms. With our customer-first philosophy, we're
revolutionizing how brands engage with shoppers, creating immersive and
personalized discovery experiences that transform the traditional shopping
journey. Our team crafts visually compelling, targeted advertising experiences
that help brands capture customer attention during crucial decision-making
moments, resulting in billions of daily ad impressions and millions of customer
engagements.

We are seeking an experienced and innovative software engineer to join our team
and drive new initiatives in ad technology. You should be passionate about
defining product technical strategies and architectures, and ready to
collaborate with business partners to design, implement, and launch Gen AI ad
solutions. You will be responsible for developing highly scalable distributed
systems that guarantee availability, scalability, and low latency. We're looking
for someone with strong technical skills and proven experience leading
large-scale distributed services. The ability to thrive in an entrepreneurial
environment, handle ambiguity, and manage competing priorities is essential.
This role offers a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of e-commerce,
advertising, and state-of-the-art machine learning techniques. If you're excited
about making a lasting impact in the advertising space and possess the skills to
excel in a fast-paced, innovative environment, we want to hear from you.

Our team scope is broad and impactful. Our team works on shopper facing SB
distributed services, which serve billions of Amazon shoppers and millions of
Advertisers internationally. We are working on multiple cross-org architectural
and business projects with highest impact and visibility – all are critical,
forward-looking, strategic opportunities for Amazon. Our vision is to make
Amazon the best in class destination for shoppers to discover, engage and build
affinity with brands, making shopping beautiful, delightful, & personal, while
allowing advertisers to sustainably grow their brand and business at scale with
our advertising product(s).

The Sponsored Products and Brands team at Amazon Ads is re-imagining the
advertising landscape through industry leading generative AI technologies,
revolutionizing how millions of customers discover products and engage with
brands across Amazon.com and beyond. We are at the forefront of re-inventing
advertising experiences, bridging human creativity with artificial intelligence
to transform every aspect of the advertising lifecycle from ad creation and
optimization to performance analysis and customer insights. We are a passionate
group of innovators dedicated to developing responsible and intelligent AI
technologies that balance the needs of advertisers, enhance the shopping
experience, and strengthen the marketplace. If you're energized by solving
complex challenges and pushing the boundaries of what's possible with AI, join
us in shaping the future of advertising.

Requirements

• 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

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
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
• Background in advertising technology or e-commerce platforms
• Demonstrated track record of innovative AI solution development

Responsibilities

• Design and develop highly scalable services processing millions of daily requests.
• Solve complex software challenges using state-of-the-art technology.
• Translate functional requirements into robust, scalable solutions.
• Evaluate and select appropriate software products and tools.
• Gain exposure to search, advertising, and e-commerce platform technologies.
• Collaborate with data scientists and product managers on machine learning experiments.
• Implement end-to-end solutions to improve predictive models and infrastructure.
• Establish best practices and drive improvements in design, development, and operations.
• Mentor junior engineers in design, coding, troubleshooting, and operational excellence.
• Participate in Amazon's Software Development Community through MeetUps, Hackathons, and Conferences.

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