Amazon Advertising is building a startup team to tackle a greenfield problem: simplifying full-funnel advertising solutions at internet scale for strategic verticals including financial services, automotive, and local businesses. There is no known answer or existing pattern to follow—we are defining the space from the ground up with specialized agentic AI-powered models that will diversify demand and transform how vertical advertisers grow on Amazon.
We are seeking a Software Development Engineer to help evolve the tools, services, and frameworks that power this new product area. You will lead innovation in an ambiguous, fast-moving environment where the problems are big, the solutions are yet to be invented, and the impact is immediate. We're looking for that rare combination of a strong coding foundation, a proven track record of applying technologies at scale, and a willingness to challenge the status quo and raise the bar on every service and feature we build. If you're energized by building state-of-the-art products from scratch and shaping the future of AI-driven advertising, this is your opportunity.
Key job responsibilities
- Own and lead the technical strategy for a business-critical initiative to design, develop, launch, and maintain AI-powered advertising solutions that simplify the advertiser experience across strategic verticals
- Partner closely with a Principal Engineer and Scientists to define the engineering and technical roadmap, translating ambiguous business problems into scalable system architectures
- Design and build end-to-end services and platforms from the ground up, making foundational technical decisions that will shape the product for years to come
- Drive cross-functional collaboration across engineering, science, and product teams to deliver integrated solutions that balance advertiser needs with customer experience
- Evaluate and adopt emerging technologies—including agentic AI models—to accelerate product development and unlock new advertising capabilities
- Mentor engineers, establish engineering best practices, and raise the technical bar as the team scales
- Influence the long-term technical vision while delivering iterative, high-impact results in a fast-paced startup environment
- 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
- 1+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using: C#, C++, Java, or Perl experience
- 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language
- 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
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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 https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits
USA, NY, New York - 158,100.00 - 213,800.00 USD annually
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