Senior SDE, GenAI & Creative Ad Experiences

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 168,000 - 227,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon in Seattle, WA is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer to lead the design and delivery of large-scale software systems for Creative Advertiser Experiences. You will shape technical strategy, mentor engineers, and drive architectural decisions while delivering high-quality code and scalable solutions.

The role emphasizes collaboration, innovation, and upgrading systems with GenAI methods to improve reliability, performance, and delivery speed within the team and partner teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of non-internship software development experience.
• 5+ years of programming in at least one software programming language.
• 5+ years of leading design or architecture of new and existing systems.
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, implementation, and delivery of multi-engineer software projects spanning the full development lifecycle, from defining technical strategy through deployment and operational excellence.
• Own your team's architectural direction by evaluating tradeoffs across scalability, performance, security, and maintainability, and influence technical decisions in dependent systems you do not directly control.
• Write high-quality, well-ordered code that serves as a model for the team, and conduct thorough code reviews to ensure consistency, clarity, and adherence to best practices.
• Mentor and coach engineers on your team, providing technical guidance and career development support while building an inclusive environment where all voices contribute to decision-making.
• Identify opportunities via genAI to simplify existing systems, reduce technical debt, and adopt new technologies or design patterns that improve reliability and accelerate delivery across your team and partner teams.

Skills

Software development

Mentoring / leadership

Architectural design

Code reviews

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Job description

Amazon in Seattle, WA is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer to lead the design and delivery of large-scale software systems for Creative Advertiser Experiences. You will shape technical strategy, mentor engineers, and drive architectural decisions while delivering high-quality code and scalable solutions.

The role emphasizes collaboration, innovation, and upgrading systems with GenAI methods to improve reliability, performance, and delivery speed within the team and partner teams.