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Senior Software Development Engineer

Amazon

Location

New York, NY

Type

Full-time

Posted

11/11/2026

Compensation

$168,100 - $250,200 per year

Undergraduate with 5+ Years of Experience
H-1B FY202699.1% approval+9% YoY
👑 Elite sponsor

Job description

This role involves building an auto-optimization system for Amazon advertisers, utilizing LLM-based agents and various optimization algorithms. The Sponsored Products and Brands team focuses on enhancing advertising experiences through innovative AI technologies. The position requires ownership of the system architecture and production systems, ensuring safety standards are met while making real-time changes to campaigns. The team aims to improve advertiser success by providing effective and trustworthy optimization solutions.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
  • 5+ years of programming experience with at least one software programming language
  • 5+ years of experience leading design or architecture of new and existing systems
  • Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or leading an engineering team
  • 5+ years of experience in the full software development life cycle
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Responsibilities

  • Own the auto-optimization platform's architecture and drive its engineering roadmap
  • Build the agent execution engine for orchestration and scheduling across campaigns
  • Develop the action layer that applies agent changes to live campaigns with safety features
  • Set safety standards for automated optimization, including observability and drift detection
  • Build evaluation methods to measure decision quality and advertiser impact
  • Create a reusable registry of tools and data for integration with tuning pipelines
  • Prototype new system designs and use data to decide which go to production
  • Mentor engineers and lead design and code reviews

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.

H-1B filing history

Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026

Filing entity: Amazon Com Services Llc

As of Aug 23, 2026

Initial approvals

3,290

FY2026

Approval rate

99.1%

FY2026

LCA certified

32,937

FY2026

Entry-level share

10.6%

FY2026

Initial approvals YoY

+9%

Trend

LCA certified YoY

-44%

Trend

Initial approvals by fiscal year

Approval rate by fiscal year

Continuing vs initial approvals

LCA certified positions by quarter

LCA certified positions by fiscal year

Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.

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