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Sr Software Engineer, Amazon Ads DSP

New York, New York, USA

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Role family
Engineering
Seniority
Senior
Country
US
Work mode
On-site / unstated
First seen by hirly
29 Sept 2026

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Come join Amazon Ad Exchange - a high scale, low latency service that is critical the entire Ad eco-system. Our business is growing super fast and so is our team!

Do you want to solve business challenges through innovative technology? Do you enjoy working on massively scalable technology in a fast-paced team environment? Do you love working on industry defining projects that move the needle?

Amazon challenges are big and impact millions of customers, sellers, and countless products across the globe. Our path is not always easy so we are selective about who joins us on this journey. There is a certain kind of person who takes on software development challenges at Amazon – someone excited by the idea creating new platforms, features, and services from scratch while managing ambiguity and the pace of a company whose ship cycles are measured in weeks, not years. If this is you, come build the future with us.

Amazon Ad eXchange (AAX) aims to match ad opportunities (supply) from various Amazon Owned & Operated properties and external publishers with ad campaigns/lines (demand) and external demand sources in an efficient, scalable and privacy-centric manner while balancing the needs of advertisers, publishers and consumers. We ensure high ROI for our advertisers, high yield for our publishers and high-quality ad experiences for our consumers.

AAX is a high scale (~3 MM QPS), low latency service that is critical the entire Ad eco-system. The Amazon Advertising business is growing super fast, and so is our team and our data. The service and solutions we produce is used by dozens of internal business teams, as well as Amazon customers : Publishers, Broadcasters, Advertisers. We are still in that growth stage when every engineer on the team has a chance to design and own an end-to-end system, solution or large service.

Collaborate with experienced cross-disciplinary engineering talent to design and develop state of the art Ads systems and infrastructure.

Design and build innovative technologies in a large distributed computing environment and help lead fundamental changes in the industry.

Develop custom infrastructure solutions which can operate at incredible scale and speed, and future proof as we get bigger and faster.

Build distributed systems that are scalable, fault-tolerant, low cost, and easy to manage/use.

  • Key job responsibilities
  • - Design, Develop, Implement Network & Infrastructure Systems from the ground up
  • - Build, document, and advocate team processes using software development best practices
  • - Propose innovative tools, frameworks, automations and processes for adoption across Amazon Ads
  • - Write clean, maintainable code and perform peer code-reviews. Drive improvements to the code review process. (CDK, Java, Rust, Python)
  • - Deep-dive into client or server systems to optimize for performance, maintainability, scalability, extensibility as needed.
  • - Assist in the career development of others by actively mentoring individuals and the community on advanced technical issues and helping managers guide the career growth of their team members.
  • - Utilize deep knowledge of tech fundamentals to build things that can operate at AWS-stressing scale.

Basic qualifications

  • - 6+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
  • - 6+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
  • - 6+ 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

  • - 6+ 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 committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, 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

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