Software Development Engineer, Sponsored Brands Advertising

Description

Sponsored Brands (SB), part of Amazon Advertising, is building world-class brand shopping experiences that drive long-term customer value. SB is on a mission to make Amazon the best-in-class destination for shoppers to discover, engage with, and build affinity with brands — making shopping beautiful, delightful, and personal. We empower brands of all shapes and sizes to attract shoppers in the research and consideration phases of their shopping journey through visually stunning, inspiring, and relevant sponsored shopping experiences. In doing so, we deliver billions of ad impressions and millions of clicks daily — and we're only getting started.

Team Scope

Our team owns SB Ad Serving services — a low-latency, high-TPS distributed system serving both billions of Amazon shoppers and millions of advertisers internationally. We are driving multiple cross-org architectural and business initiatives with the highest impact and visibility — all critical, forward-looking, strategic opportunities for Amazon.

The Role

As a Software Development Engineer on this team, you will design and develop highly scalable services that process millions of requests per day, solving complex distributed systems challenges by leveraging state-of-the-art technologies including Large Language Models (LLMs). You will partner with engineering and business teams across the organization to architect, implement, and launch personalized ad experiences at scale. You'll work with the latest technologies used across search, advertising, and e-commerce platforms — collaborating alongside Senior Engineers and Principal Engineers to learn, grow, and make a measurable impact on millions of customers worldwide.

About the team

The Sponsored Products and Brands (SPB) team at Amazon Ads is re-imagining the advertising landscape through advanced 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.

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 with full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations

• Knowledge of Machine Learning and LLM fundamentals, including transformer architecture, training/inference lifecycles, and optimization techniques

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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 .

USA, NY, New York - 158,100.00 - 213,800.00 USD annually

USA, WA, SEATTLE - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually