Amazon

Sr Software Development Engineer, Ads Nova

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22 hours ago
Palo Alto, CA, USA +2 moreSenior
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$168k - $262k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Own the technical strategy and architectural direction for a business-critical AI-powered advertising initiative.
  • Design, develop, launch, and maintain scalable end-to-end services and platforms.
  • Translate ambiguous business problems into system architectures and foundational technical decisions.
  • Partner with Principal Engineers, Scientists, engineering teams, and product teams to define and deliver the roadmap.
  • Evaluate emerging technologies, including agentic AI models, to develop new advertising capabilities.
  • Mentor engineers, establish engineering best practices, and raise the technical bar as the team grows.

Requirements

  • At least 5 years of non-internship professional software development experience.
  • At least 5 years of programming experience with at least one software programming language.
  • At least 5 years of experience leading the design or architecture of new and existing systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
  • Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or engineering team lead.
  • Preferred: at least 5 years of full software development lifecycle experience, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
  • Preferred: bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.

Benefits

  • Health insurance including medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life and AD&D insurance, and optional supplemental life plans.
  • Employee assistance and mental health support, medical advice line, flexible spending accounts, and adoption and surrogacy reimbursement coverage.
  • 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave.
  • Sign-on payments and restricted stock units may be included in the Amazon compensation package.
  • Position locations and base salary ranges are Palo Alto, California ($193,300.00-$261,500.00 annually), New York, New York ($184,900.00-$250,200.00 annually), and Seattle, Washington ($168,100.00-$227,400.00 annually).
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About Amazon

10,000+ employees

Amazon builds and operates a global e-commerce marketplace, logistics network, and consumer devices, and provides cloud computing via AWS for businesses and developers. The company earns revenue from online retail, third‑party seller services, subscriptions like Prime, advertising, and AWS usage. Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Seattle, it is publicly traded on NASDAQ (AMZN) and serves customers in dozens of countries.

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