Senior AI/NLP SDE — Real-Time Ads Reporting Architect

Amazon; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 168,000 - 227,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer for the Measurement, Ad Tech, and Data Science domain in Austin, TX. You will own the technical vision for natural language reporting experiences across Amazon Ads, building AI-native systems that empower advertisers to ask questions in plain language and receive real-time insights.

You will lead architecture, design reviews, and cross-team collaboration to deliver scalable, maintainable solutions while upholding high security and quality

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical vision and architecture for natural language reporting experiences serving hundreds of thousands of advertisers, making complex systems simple and extensible
• Lead the design and delivery of AI-native software in highly ambiguous problem spaces, writing critical-path code and making trade-offs that balance short-term delivery with long-term architectural health
• Establish and drive technical partnerships with dependencies, influencing their technical direction to ensure cohesive, high-quality end-to-end experiences
• Decompose large-scale, ambiguous initiatives into parallel workstreams and guide the team to deliver incrementally while maintaining architectural integrity
• Proactively identify architecture deficiencies and bottlenecks, proposing and leading efforts to resolve them - including deprecating or rearchitecting existing systems when necessary
• Define and drive engineering best practices, operational excellence, security, and quality across the team and adjacent teams
• Mentor engineers, lead design reviews, and raise the technical bar, ensuring the team grows stronger and can operate independently of any single contributor
• Influence team and organizational technical strategy by bringing clarity to complexity, guiding future technology choices, and building consensus across stakeholders

Skills

Software development

Programming

System design

Leadership/mentorship

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS

Job description

Amazon is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer for the Measurement, Ad Tech, and Data Science domain in Austin, TX. You will own the technical vision for natural language reporting experiences across Amazon Ads, building AI-native systems that empower advertisers to ask questions in plain language and receive real-time insights.

You will lead architecture, design reviews, and cross-team collaboration to deliver scalable, maintainable solutions while upholding high security and quality