AmazonSoftware Development Engineer
Amazon is hiring a Software Development Engineer in Seattle, United States. It pays $144k-$194k 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 Little AI ●○○○: aI is not part of the work.
- The posting mentions AWS, Java and Kotlin among its tools and skills.
- Level classes it as a mid-level role.
- Amazon has 20,000+ other open roles on Level.
- Posted within the past week.
AI in this role
Develop scalable ad delivery systems for Amazon devices with occasional machine learning optimization integration.
What You’ll Do
You’ll be part of the core engineering team responsible for the systems that power ad delivery, performance optimization, and reporting across devices. These systems process hundreds of millions of events per day, and your work will directly impact latency, data quality, and platform reliability.
You’ll design, build, and operate services that:
* Optimize ad delivery in real time using data-driven logic (and increasingly, ML/AI models).
* Scale backend pipelines to handle high-throughput event ingestion and processing.
* Provide accurate and low-latency reporting to advertisers.
* Support experimentation and measurement at scale.
There are opportunities to work on systems for real-time bidding, targeting, and ad ranking—especially as we explore smarter optimizations for ad placement on-device.
Why This Role
* Tangible Impact: Your work affects ad experience and monetization across Amazon devices.
* Scalable Challenges: Work on high-volume systems where performance and reliability are critical.
* Tech Stack Variety: Exposure to AWS services, stream processing frameworks, and multiple programming languages (Java, Kotlin, Python, etc.).
* AI Opportunity: Help shape how we apply machine learning and AI to improve targeting, delivery, and measurement.
This isn’t a team that throws work over the wall. You’ll be involved from design to deployment—and have a voice in what we build next. If you’re pragmatic, data-driven, and energized by complex distributed systems—and you're curious about how AI can be embedded into production software—we’d love to talk.
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
- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
- 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, WA, SEATTLE - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually
How we rate this
Software Development Engineer at Amazon rates 30 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Little AI. AI is not part of the work.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
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