Sr. Software Development Engineer, Advengers - Amazon Ads Brand & Video

Socket.dev; New York (NY); On-site; USD 185,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RSUs

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Amazon in New York is seeking a senior software engineer to design and deliver an AI-first campaign creation system supporting omnichannel ad buying across video, audio, and display.

You will own features end-to-end, collaborating with product, UX, data science, and partner teams. The role emphasizes architectural leadership, scalable services, and mentoring junior engineers while delivering robust frontend and backend solutions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• Experience mentoring or leading an engineering team.
• Experience designing or architecting large-scale systems.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, UX, data science, and partner teams.
• Demonstrate operational excellence in all work.
• Provide active operational support and drive improvements.
• Contribute to code reviews with feedback across levels.

Skills

Software development

Architecture design

Mentorship

Code review

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS

Tools

React

TypeScript

Java

Job description

This is your chance to help build a billion-dollar business, innovate on AI powered advertiser workflows , and positively impact millions of ad experiences — all while working with industry-leading technologies.

You will own the design and delivery of AI-first campaign creation system powered by Performance+ and Brand+ tactics for omni-channel ad buying across video, audio, and display.

You will get opportunity to work on a mix of established and greenfield projects — updating our architecture to scale 10X for the future while advancing our AI Performance + and Brand + Tactics to solve more interesting problems for customers across the globe.

You will get opportunity to work on creatives backend services to support AI -first omni-channel campaigns across video, audio, and display

You'll own features end-to-end — working directly with customers to scope requirements, design solutions, implement, test, and launch.

Our systems serve advertisers at Amazon scale, and you'll be responsible for building and maintaining both the React/TypeScript frontend and Java backend services that power them.

Key job responsibilities

• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, UX, data science, and partner teams
• You demonstrate operational excellence in all of your work.
• You are active in operational support for your team, and ensure that the root causes of operational issues are identified and resolved. You don't settle for the status quo, and routinely identify and execute on opportunities to improve your team’s operations.
• You are active in the code review process on your team, providing meaningful feedback to others, including those who are more senior.

About the team

We are focused on goal-oriented, AI powered workflows that help advertisers achieve their marketing objectives. We collect campaign goals, surface relevant data at key decision points, and provide reporting that validates decision-making. Our product suite guides traders in building campaigns with optimal targeting, creative formats, inventory, and bid models that are highly likely to hit their goals — reducing the need for manual intervention.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
• 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ 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 including 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, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, NY, New York - 184,900.00 - 250,200.00 USD annually