Senior Software Engineer: GenAI-Powered Ad Systems

Amazon Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 144,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Off-Search within Sponsored Products and Brands is shaping the future of in-page advertising by building scalable systems for ad retrieval, allocation, and whole-page relevance across surfaces like product detail pages and the homepage.

You will push GenAI and large language models to personalize ad experiences that blend with organic shopping content, while collaborating with a broad team to deliver high-impact features end-to-end and mentor peers in a fast-paced, experimental

Qualifications

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience.
• 1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience.
• 1+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using: C#, C++, Java, or Perl experience.
• 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience.
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop hyper-scale online systems, offline data pipelines, and ML infrastructure that power ad retrieval, allocation, and whole-page relevance across non-Search surfaces.
• Deliver features end to end — from system design through implementation, testing, deployment, and operational excellence.
• Leverage Generative AI and Large Language Models to build personalized, contextually aware ad experiences that blend seamlessly with organic shopping content.
• Design globally scalable solutions that evolve toward the right long-term architecture while delivering iterative value to customers.
• Collaborate with scientists, product managers, and Stores stakeholders to translate business requirements into high-quality technical solutions.
• Contribute across the full stack — backend services, data pipelines, and shopper-facing experiences — broadening your technical skills in a creative, experimental environment.
• Mentor peers through design reviews, code reviews, and knowledge sharing.

Skills

Software development

System design

Distributed systems

OO design

Programming languages

SDLC

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Job description

Amazon Off-Search within Sponsored Products and Brands is shaping the future of in-page advertising by building scalable systems for ad retrieval, allocation, and whole-page relevance across surfaces like product detail pages and the homepage.

You will push GenAI and large language models to personalize ad experiences that blend with organic shopping content, while collaborating with a broad team to deliver high-impact features end-to-end and mentor peers in a fast-paced, experimental