About the Role
Build state-of-the-art machine learning models and infrastructure that deliver relevant, personalized ad experiences across non-Search surfaces on Amazon.com. You'll drive major product and engineering initiatives with direct, measurable customer impact.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and operate ML infrastructure and data processing pipelines that power ad relevance and sourcing at massive scale
- Develop and optimize machine learning models incorporating deep product and shopper understanding to identify relevant advertisements across non-Search surfaces
- Architect and build ad serving systems that solve real-world customer use cases with high volume, low latency, and strict availability requirements
- Integrate ML solutions with large-scale distributed systems for click-through prediction and ad auction
- Measure impact and customer response through rapid A/B experimentation, iterating to improve relevance and performance
- Collaborate with Product Managers and Scientists to translate complex business problems into scalable ML-driven solutions
Requirements
- 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
- 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
Skills
- Machine Learning
- Data Processing
- Ad Serving Systems
- Distributed Systems
- Click-through Prediction
- A/B Experimentation
- C#
- C++
- Java
- Perl
- Object Oriented Design
Location
- USA, WA, SEATTLE
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 3+ years professional software development
- 2+ years system design/architecture
- 1+ years software development engineer
- 1+ years designing/developing large-scale applications
- 1+ years Object Oriented Design
- 3+ years full software development lifecycle
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
Salary/Compensations
- 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually
Benefits
- Sign-on payments
- Restricted stock units (RSUs)
- 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
About the Company
- The Off-Search Sourcing and Relevance team within Sponsored Products develops ML models, large-scale data pipelines, and low-latency ad serving systems that power discovery beyond Search — on product detail pages, the homepage, and more.
- The Sponsored Products and Brands team at Amazon Ads is re-imagining the advertising landscape through industry leading 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.
Equal Opportunity
- 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.
