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Software Development Engineer, Amazon Ads

Amazon

Location

Seattle, WA

Type

Full-time

Posted

5/5/2026

Compensation

$143,700 - $213,800 per year

Undergraduate with 2+ Years of Experience
Approval 98.6%·Filings 19,451·New hires 10,113·
👑 Elite Sponsor
·FY 2025

Job description

This role is for a Software Development Engineer at Amazon Ads, focusing on redesigning advertising experiences through advanced generative AI technologies. The team is dedicated to creating personalized and relevant shopping experiences by leveraging AI to enhance ad retrieval and recommendations. You will collaborate with applied scientists and product managers to deliver customer-focused solutions while driving operational excellence. This position offers the opportunity to work on large-scale distributed systems and machine learning infrastructure.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
  • 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture experience of new and existing systems
  • 1+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications
  • 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience
  • Experience programming with at least one software programming language
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
  • 3+ years of full software development life cycle experience
  • Experience in machine learning, data mining, information retrieval, statistics or natural language processing
  • Experience integrating GenAI tools and applying responsible AI practices

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 and Large Language Models 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

  • Employees at Amazon are often offered comprehensive health benefits—including multiple medical plan options (no pre-existing condition exclusions, 100% covered in-network preventive care), dental and vision plans, a 24/7 medical advice line from day one, expert second-opinion services, and broad mental-health support with several free counseling sessions (including pediatric). Financial wellness typically includes a 401(k) with company match (up to 2%), Restricted Stock Units (equity), FSAs, an emergency savings program, product and partner discounts, and even college-savings and home-purchase programs. Overall, the package is designed to support employees and their families’ health, finances, and day-to-day life.

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