Sr. Software Engineer - Amazon Advertising, Demand Tech

Join Amazon's programmatic advertising auctions team, where you'll drive real-time decisions impacting billions of ad impressions daily. As a Senior Software Engineer on the Sponsored Display Auction team, you'll work at the intersection of machine learning, game theory, economics, and high-performance engineering.

Key responsibilities include:

• Designing and building large-scale distributed systems for real-time advertising auctions
• Implementing pricing and allocation logic balancing shopper value and advertiser ROI
• Collaborating with scientists to productionize models for ad ranking and bidding
• Optimizing systems for ultra-low latency and high throughput
• Taking technical ownership from architecture to launch

You'll be working with Sponsored Display, a rapidly growing advertising product bringing Display-style advertising to self-serve advertisers. The role offers unique opportunities to:

• Work with complex auction data and mechanisms
• Design and validate new auction systems
• Lead technical implementations from prototype to production
• Stay current with latest trends in ML, economics, and auction theory
• Collaborate in a multi-disciplinary environment

The position offers competitive compensation ranging from $151,300 to $261,500 per year based on location, plus equity and comprehensive benefits. This is an opportunity to make direct impact on a multi-billion dollar business while working with cutting-edge technology and talented professionals.