Software Development Engineer , Ads Nova

About the role

Build AI-powered vertical advertising products from the ground up on a greenfield startup team - simplifying full-funnel solutions at internet scale with agentic AI models across strategic verticals including financial services, automotive, and local businesses. There is no known answer or existing pattern to follow - we are defining the space from scratch.

Amazon Advertising is building this team to diversify demand and transform how vertical advertisers grow on Amazon through specialized, AI-driven advertising experiences.

You'll work closely with Principal Engineers and Scientists to translate ambiguous business problems into scalable system architectures, designing and building end-to-end services in an ambiguous, fast-moving environment where the problems are big, the solutions are yet to be invented, and the impact is immediate.

If you're energized by building innovative products from scratch and have a strong coding foundation with a track record of delivering at scale, this is your team.

Key job responsibilities

• Design, develop, launch, and maintain AI-powered advertising solutions that simplify the advertiser experience across strategic verticals
• Design and build end-to-end services and platforms from the ground up, contributing to foundational technical decisions that shape the product
• Partner with Principal Engineers and Scientists to translate ambiguous business problems into scalable system architectures
• Collaborate cross-functionally across engineering, science, and product teams to deliver integrated solutions that balance advertiser needs with customer experience
• Evaluate and adopt emerging technologies - including agentic AI models - to accelerate product development and unlock new advertising capabilities
• Mentor peers, contribute to engineering best practices, and raise the technical bar as the team scales
• Deliver iterative, high-impact results in a fast-paced startup environment

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

Additional information

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If the country/region you're applying in isn't listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Pay and benefits

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.

• USA, CA, Palo Alto - 165,200.00 - 223,600.00 USD annually
• USA, NY, New York - 158,100.00 - 213,800.00 USD annually
• USA, WA, SEATTLE - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually