AmazonSoftware Development Engineer
Amazon is hiring a Software Development Engineer in New York, United States. It pays $158k-$214k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Amazon.
Level's read on this job
- On Level's scale, this software engineer role is Builds AI ●●●●: the job is building AI systems.
- Tools and skills the posting cites include AWS, software development and system design.
- Level classifies it as a senior role.
- Level lists 21,000+ other open roles at Amazon.
- The role was posted within the past week.
AI in this role
Design and develop AI-powered advertising tools and agentic systems as a software development engineer at Amazon.
This is a startup-style team with an ambitious vision: make it dramatically easier for advertisers in underserved verticals to launch effective full-funnel campaigns at scale. You'll work closely with a Principal Engineer and scientists to build the tools, services, and frameworks that power these new offerings — from backend infrastructure to the agentic AI systems that simplify campaign creation and optimization.
Key job responsibilities
- Design and develop AI-powered advertising tools and services that simplify full-funnel campaign creation for vertical advertisers (financial services, autos, local businesses)
- Deliver features end to end — from system design through implementation, testing, deployment, and production operations — in a fast-moving greenfield environment
- Build and evolve the agentic AI frameworks that power simplified advertising offerings, collaborating closely with scientists on model integration and serving
- Collaborate with a Principal Engineer to make foundational technical decisions on architecture, tooling, and service design for a new platform being built from scratch
- Develop scalable infrastructure to support diverse demand across multiple strategic verticals, each with distinct advertiser needs and campaign patterns
- Participate in design discussions and code reviews, contributing to engineering quality in a team that's establishing its technical foundations
- Mentor peers and contribute to a strong engineering culture as the team grows
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
- 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
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.
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 - 158,100.00 - 213,800.00 USD annually
How we rate this
Software Development Engineer at Amazon rates 85 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Builds AI (AI Level 4 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Builds AI. The job is building AI systems.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.
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Pay
- This job starts at
- $158k
- Typical software engineer job
- $168k
This posting starts 6% below the typical software engineer job. See software engineer jobs
Questions you could be asked
- Tell me about a project where software development was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where system design was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where agentic ai was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where machine learning was part of your work. What did you do?
- Walk me through how you've used AWS in your day-to-day work.
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- List these exact terms on your resume: Software Development, System Design, Agentic AI, Machine learning, and AWS. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
- Attach one line of real, concrete experience to at least one of them. A tool named with nothing behind it rarely survives a human read.
- Lead with what you built, trained or shipped. This role is judged on the AI system itself, not the tools around it.
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