Amazon · 18 hours ago
Software Development Engineer, Amazon Ads
New York, New York, USA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
$158K/yr - $214K/yr
3+ years expAmazon is re-imagining the advertising landscape through advanced generative AI technologies. The Software Development Engineer will be responsible for designing, developing, and operating large-scale distributed systems for advertising, optimizing data pipelines, and collaborating with various teams to deliver customer-focused solutions.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)DeliveryE-CommerceFoundational AIRetail
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 (GenAI) and Large Language Models (LLMs) 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
Qualification
Required
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
Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
Preferred
3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
Experience in machine learning, data mining, information retrieval, statistics or natural language processing
Experience integrating GenAI tools, evaluating and refining GenAI outputs, and applying responsible AI practices to augment productivity and quality
Benefits
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
Parental leave
Company
Amazon
Amazon is a tech firm with a focus on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$8.11BKey Investors
AmazonKleiner Perkins
2023-01-03Post Ipo Debt· $8B
2001-07-24Post Ipo Equity· $100M
1997-05-15IPO
Leadership Team
Douglas J. Herrington
CEO, Worldwide Amazon Stores
Werner Vogels
VP & CTO
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