The Senior System Development Engineer role at Amazon Ads focuses on enhancing the reliability of critical supply-side systems. This position combines software engineering with operational ownership, requiring the design and implementation of automation and self-healing systems. The engineer will monitor service-level objectives and lead responses to high-severity incidents. The role also involves mentoring other engineers and influencing the operability of new services.

• Experience leading the design, automation, deployment, and support of large-scale infrastructure.
• Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Python, Ruby, Golang, Java, C++, C#, or Rust.
• Experience with Linux/Unix.
• Experience with CI/CD pipeline build processes.
• Experience with distributed systems at scale.

• Own the reliability, availability, and performance of business-critical PubTech services end-to-end.
• Design and build automation frameworks, tooling, and self-healing mechanisms that eliminate operational toil.
• Lead root-cause analysis for complex, high-severity incidents and implement long-term fixes.
• Design and implement scalable monitoring, alarming, telemetry, and diagnostic solutions for distributed systems.
• Define and drive operational readiness reviews for new services and features.
• Partner with software development teams to build a durable runbook and knowledge base.
• Mentor and develop engineers, raising the technical and operational bar through design and code reviews.

• 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.