Senior SDE: Log-Level Data & Real-Time Analytics

Socket.dev; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 168,000 - 227,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Ads is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer for the Log-Level Data team to design and build foundational infrastructure that ingests, processes, stores, and analyzes petabyte-scale log-level data. You will shape auction dynamics, surface revenue opportunities, and provide supply-chain transparency for the world’s largest advertisers.

You will lead architecture, implementation, and production operations, delivering high-quality data solutions at pace while mentoring others and

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Design and build highly scalable, fault-tolerant data pipelines to ingest, process, and store petabyte-scale log-level advertising data from multiple sources including ad servers, exchanges, and SSPs.
• Architect distributed systems that enable real-time and batch processing of granular event-level data with sub-second latency requirements.
• Develop robust data quality frameworks to validate, cleanse, and enrich raw log data while maintaining data lineage and audit trails.
• Create efficient storage solutions optimized for both high-throughput writes and complex analytical queries across massive datasets.
• Build APIs and data access layers that enable downstream analytics, modeling, and reporting applications to leverage log-level data.
• Collaborate with data scientists, product managers, and business stakeholders to translate transparency and measurement requirements into technical solutions.
• Establish operational excellence practices including monitoring, alerting, and automated recovery mechanisms for mission-critical data infrastructure.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to the technical direction of the team through design reviews, code reviews, and architectural discussions.
• Drive innovation in data processing techniques, exploring emerging technologies and methodologies to improve system performance and capabilities.

Skills

Software development

System design

Mentorship

Distributed systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS

Job description

Amazon Ads is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer for the Log-Level Data team to design and build foundational infrastructure that ingests, processes, stores, and analyzes petabyte-scale log-level data. You will shape auction dynamics, surface revenue opportunities, and provide supply-chain transparency for the world’s largest advertisers.

You will lead architecture, implementation, and production operations, delivering high-quality data solutions at pace while mentoring others and