Amazon · 10 hours ago
Sr Software Development Engineer, Sponsored Products Autonomous SP
Palo Alto, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$193K/yr - $262K/yr
5+ years expAmazon is re-imagining the advertising landscape through cutting-edge generative AI technologies with its Sponsored Products and Brands team. As a Software Development Engineer, you will build scalable systems that power intelligent advertising experiences, collaborating with scientists and engineers to implement sophisticated agentic systems and optimize performance at scale.
RetailArtificial Intelligence (AI)E-CommerceLogisticsDeliveryFoundational AI
Responsibilities
Lead engineering strategy and roadmap for SPB Agent Skills and Tools, building specialized sub-agents with domain expertise for performance analysis, recommendations, and targeting optimization
Design and build agents to guide advertisers in conversational and non-conversational experiences across Ads Console, Seller Central, and Sales
Implement advanced model and agent optimization techniques, including supervised fine-tuning, instruction tuning, and preference optimization (e.g., DPO/IPO)
Curate datasets and tools for Model Context Protocol (MCP) integration, enabling seamless agent-to-agent and agent-to-service communication
Build evaluation pipelines for agent workflows, including automated benchmarks, multi-step reasoning tests, and safety guardrails
Develop agentic architectures (e.g., CoT, ToT, ReAct) that integrate planning, tool use, and long-horizon reasoning
Prototype and iterate on multi-agent orchestration frameworks and workflows that enable specialized sub-agents to be invoked as tools or independent agents
Collaborate with peers across engineering, science, and product to bring innovations into production at scale
Stay current with the latest developments in LLMs, RL, and agent-based AI, and translate findings into practical engineering solutions serving 1.6MM advertisers
Qualification
Required
5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team
Preferred
5+ 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
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
H1B Sponsorship
Amazon has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your
reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
Represents job field similar to this job
Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (22803)
2024 (21175)
2023 (19057)
2022 (24088)
2021 (12233)
2020 (14881)
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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