Senior SDE — AI-Driven Ads Platform Architect

Amazon Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 185,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs (restricted stock units)

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Amazon Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer, Developer Experience to own foundational technical decisions for the MCP server and API gateway, and to lead architecture for real-time reporting and analytics within agentic applications.

You will drive cross-team collaboration, evaluate AI advancements, and establish engineering best practices to scale the platform. You will mentor engineers and shape the future of advertising technology in a highly visible, greenfield environment

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.
• 5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience.

Responsibilities

• Own the architectural direction for the Amazon Ads MCP server and API gateway, making foundational technical decisions that optimize for simplicity, maintainability, and performance.
• Lead the design and delivery of emerging AI technologies on the Amazon Ads platform, balancing speed of delivery with long-term scalability.
• Own and enhance real-time reporting and analytics systems delivered through agentic applications, ensuring high performance, reliability, and security at scale.
• Drive cross-team collaboration to build consensus on new advertising features, aligning engineering counterparts on technical direction and implementation approaches.
• Influence technical direction beyond your team, evaluating industry advancements in AI and translating them into actionable platform enhancements.
• Establish engineering best practices and mentor engineers across the team, serving as a technical resource peers seek out for guidance.

Skills

Mentor/tech lead

Architecture leadership

Real-time analytics

AI technologies design

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Job description

Amazon Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer, Developer Experience to own foundational technical decisions for the MCP server and API gateway, and to lead architecture for real-time reporting and analytics within agentic applications.

You will drive cross-team collaboration, evaluate AI advancements, and establish engineering best practices to scale the platform. You will mentor engineers and shape the future of advertising technology in a highly visible, greenfield environment