Software Development Engineer, Measurement, Ad Tech, and Data Science

Amazon is hiring a Software Development Engineer, Measurement, Ad Tech, and Data Science in Austin, United States. It pays $144k-$194k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Amazon.

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The posting mentions Python, AWS and software development among its tools and skills.
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AI in this role

Build intelligent advertising systems and scalable user experiences adopting AI-first SDLC practices at Amazon Ads.

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Build new experiences that help hundreds of thousands of advertisers get the most from their campaigns — creating intelligent systems that make independent decisions in real-time, scale at high volume, and interact with customers through rich interfaces. This is AI-first engineering on the tools advertisers use daily to manage their advertising strategies on Amazon.

The Measurement and Data Science (MADS) Reporting User Experience team owns the software that hundreds of thousands of advertisers use to manage their advertising strategies across Amazon Ads. These tools are also a fast-evolving fabric enabling rapid development by teams across Ads. You'll adopt AI-first SDLC practices, interface with external systems, and build architectures that are exemplary in robustness, stability, and scalability. You'll collaborate with software leaders, product leaders, and senior engineers to deliver innovative products our global customers use daily — with the opportunity to expand your technical skills into emerging technologies.

Key job responsibilities
- Design and build experiences that enable advertisers to optimize their campaigns through intelligent, autonomous systems
- Build high-volume, scalable systems that interface with external systems and make independent decisions in real-time
- Define architectural strategy and lead the design of software systems exemplary in robustness, stability, and scalability
- Adopt AI-first SDLC practices to accelerate development and delivery across the team
- Collaborate with software leaders, product leaders, and engineering peers to deliver innovative ads products used by global customers daily
- Contribute to the fast-evolving platform fabric that enables rapid development by teams across Amazon Ads
- Dive deep into complex problems and deliver solutions that directly improve the advertiser experience

A day in the life
Great candidates for this role enjoy being challenged with discovering solutions to complex problems, diving deep, and thinking big to deliver amazing results for our customers. They enjoy defining architectural strategy, working collaboratively, and take pride in solving customer problems. Most important, they will work shoulder-to-shoulder with other senior engineers, product leaders, and software development managers to deliver truly innovative software.

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
- 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, TX, Austin - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually

How we rate this

Software Development Engineer, Measurement, Ad Tech, and Data Science 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.

Classification

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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Key facts

Software Development Engineer, Measurement, Ad Tech, and Data Science is an open job at Amazon.
Level rates this role AI Level 1 of 4: Little AI.
The listed salary is $144k-$194k a year.
The role is based in US, TX, Austin.
The job was posted on July 26, 2026.
Seniority: mid.
Applications are handled by Amazon. Apply on Amazon

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Pay

This job starts at: $144k
Typical software engineer job: $167k

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