Software Development Engineer, Measurement, Ad Tech, and Data Science (MADS)

Amazon; Boulder (CO); On-site; USD 144,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon in Boulder, CO is seeking an experienced software engineer to design, build, and operate distributed services powering ML model execution and audience activation on AMC. You will own end-to-end delivery across the Custom Models platform and publishing pipeline, translating customer requirements into scalable technical solutions.

You'll collaborate with science, product, and partner teams, participate in on-call rotations, and contribute to reliability, observability, and automation across

Qualifications

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture experience for new and existing systems.
• 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.
• 3+ 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.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate distributed services (Java, Lambda, Step Functions, DynamoDB, Spark) that orchestrate ML model training, inference, and audience activation.
• Own end-to-end delivery of features across the Custom Models platform and audience/signals publishing pipeline — from API design through deployment and production monitoring.
• Investigate and resolve complex production issues spanning multiple services and AWS dependencies (Step Functions, Clean Rooms, SageMaker, Glue, S3).
• Improve system reliability, observability, and operational tooling for multiple Ads Tier 1 services.
• Collaborate with science, product, and partner teams to translate customer requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Participate in on-call rotation and drive operational excellence through COEs, runbooks, and automated monitoring.

Skills

Software development

System design

OO design

Programming experience

Multi-threaded systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or equivalent

Tools

Java

C++

C#

Perl

DynamoDB

Lambda

Step Functions

SageMaker

Spark

Glue

S3

Job description

Application deadline: Aug 20, 2026

Turn billions of advertising signals into real-world outcomes — building the distributed systems that power ML model execution, audience activation, and campaign optimization for the world’s largest brands on Amazon Marketing Cloud (AMC). You'll own services that process millions of audience memberships daily and orchestrate customer ML workloads with strict reliability, privacy, and latency requirements.

Key job responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate distributed services (Java, Lambda, Step Functions, DynamoDB, Spark) that orchestrate ML model training, inference, and audience activation
• Own end-to-end delivery of features across the Custom Models platform and audience/signals publishing pipeline — from API design through deployment and production monitoring
• Investigate and resolve complex production issues spanning multiple services and AWS dependencies (Step Functions, Clean Rooms, SageMaker, Glue, S3)
• Improve system reliability, observability, and operational tooling for multiple Ads Tier 1 services
• Collaborate with science, product, and partner teams to translate customer requirements into scalable technical solutions
• Participate in on-call rotation and drive operational excellence through COEs, runbooks, and automated monitoring

About the team

AMC Custom Models and Signals is a Boulder-based team building the systems that turn AMC analytics into real-world advertising outcomes. We own Custom Models (ML orchestration), Igno (audience publishing), AMS (identity resolution and delivery), and Custom Signals API (new activation signals). Our work directly powers audience targeting, measurement, and ML-driven optimization for enterprise advertisers. We value ownership, operational rigor, and solving hard problems simply — and we're investing heavily in GenAI and agentic approaches to platform reliability and customer experience.

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 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

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ 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

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn't listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location.

Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits:

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave

Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, CO, Boulder - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually