Principal Software Engineer, Advertising Trust

Amazon's Advertising Trust team is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join their rapidly growing organization. As one of Amazon's most senior individual contributors, you'll tackle complex technical challenges at the heart of Amazon's Ads business. The role combines visionary leadership with hands-on building, focusing on refactoring and scaling systems that manage ad policy compliance across 30+ countries.

The Advertising Trust (AT) team plays a crucial role in Amazon Ads, ensuring every advertisement adheres to regulatory, legal, regional, and cultural expectations. You'll be responsible for designing and implementing systems that efficiently approve or reject ads within SLA, maintaining transparency in decision-making, and optimizing ad delivery to reach the intended audience.

As a Principal Engineer, you'll work directly with VP-level stakeholders, providing both high-level architectural guidance and detailed technical direction. The position requires exceptional technical judgment and influential skills to drive critical design decisions. You'll be instrumental in building and operating high-scale systems while fostering a culture of continuous delivery.

This is an opportunity to shape the future of advertising technology at Amazon, working with cutting-edge systems that process massive scale of ads across global markets. The role offers the unique challenge of balancing technical excellence with business requirements while ensuring a great shopper experience through proper ad verification and policy enforcement.

The ideal candidate will bring extensive experience in high-scale infrastructure, preferably with ad tech background, and the ability to lead complex technical initiatives that span multiple teams and organizations. This position offers the chance to make a significant impact on one of Amazon's fastest-growing businesses while working with some of the most sophisticated advertising technology systems in the industry.