Software Development Engineer, Conversational Ads Experience

Amazon.com Services LLC; Village of Westbury (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon.com Services LLC is seeking a Software Development Engineer to help build systems that deliver billions of personalized ad impressions daily. You will work on distributed services, leverage Generative AI, and partner with cross-functional teams to launch new shopper-facing ad experiences.

The role requires 3+ years of experience in software development and strong design/architecture skills across multi-tiered systems.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional software development experience
• 2+ years of design or architecture experience
• 1+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered software applications using C#, C++, Java, or Perl
• 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience
• Experience programming with at least one language

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and operate large-scale distributed services capable of processing millions of requests daily with low latency and high availability
• Leverage LLMs and Generative AI to solve complex problems and deliver personalized, contextually relevant ad experiences
• Partner with engineering, science, and business teams to design, implement, and launch new shopper-facing ad experiences
• Collaborate with senior SDEs and Principal Engineers on architecture and system design for high-impact projects
• Build and optimize ad serving infrastructure that scales to billions of impressions across Amazon pages worldwide
• Write high-quality, maintainable code and drive operational excellence through monitoring and continuous improvement

Skills

3+ years experience

Design/architecture

Large-scale distributed

OO design

Programming languages

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Job description

Job ID: 10513808 | Amazon.com Services LLC

Description

Build the systems that deliver billions of personalized ad impressions daily — combining large-scale distributed services, LLMs, and innovative shopper experiences to help brands connect with customers during their most inspired shopping moments. You'll work on forward-thinking projects that impact both Amazon's architecture and business at massive scale.

The Conversational Ad Experiences team within Sponsored Products and Brands is making Amazon the best-in-class destination for shoppers to discover, engage, and build affinity with brands and products. We deliver visually appealing, inspiring, and relevant sponsored shopping content that helps advertisers — big or small — reach potential customers during their research and consideration stages. Our distributed ad serving services operate at low latency and high scalability, serving both billions of Amazon shoppers and millions of advertisers worldwide. We're only getting started.

Key job responsibilities

• Design, develop, and operate large-scale distributed services capable of processing millions of requests daily with low latency and high availability
• Leverage LLMs and Generative AI to solve complex problems and deliver personalized, contextually relevant ad experiences
• Partner with engineering, science, and business teams to design, implement, and launch new shopper-facing ad experiences
• Collaborate with senior SDEs and Principal Engineers on architecture and system design for high-impact, strategic projects
• Build and optimize ad serving infrastructure that scales to serve billions of impressions across Amazon pages worldwide
• Write high-quality, maintainable code and drive operational excellence through monitoring and continuous improvement

About the team

The Sponsored Products and Brands (SPB) team at Amazon Ads is re-imagining the advertising landscape through generative AI technologies, revolutionizing how millions of customers discover products and engage with brands across Amazon.com and beyond. We are at the forefront of re-inventing advertising experiences, bridging human creativity with artificial intelligence to transform every aspect of the advertising lifecycle from ad creation and optimization to performance analysis and customer insights. We are a passionate group of innovators dedicated to developing responsible and intelligent AI technologies that balance the needs of advertisers, enhance the shopping experience, and strengthen the marketplace. If you're energized by solving complex challenges and pushing the boundaries of what's possible with AI, join us in shaping the future of advertising.

Basic 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 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

Preferred Qualifications

• 4+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
• Knowledge of Machine Learning and LLM fundamentals, including transformer architecture, training/inference lifecycles, and optimization techniques