Software Development Engineer, Sponsored Products and Brands

Amazon is hiring a Software Development Engineer, Sponsored Products and Brands in New York, United States. It pays $165k-$224k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Amazon.

Level's read on this job

Little AI ●○○○ is how Level rates this software engineer role: aI is not part of the work.
Pay on this posting starts in line with the typical software engineer posting on Level.
The posting mentions NLP among its tools and skills.
Amazon has 20,000+ other open roles on Level.
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AI in this role

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Take Sponsored Products and Brands beyond the Amazon store by building the ad tech systems that reach shoppers on third-party sites where they search and discover products. You'll design and deliver real-time and petabyte-scale systems that use machine learning, high-scale low-latency infrastructure and AI to create better sponsored shopping experiences off Amazon.

The Offsite team works with internal and external partners to connect ad tech systems, understand customers and deliver results at scale. You'll work closely with scientists and economists and use a GenAI-first approach across product, engineering and science solutions, building the next innovations in ad tech and shopping wherever shoppers go.

Key job responsibilities
- Design and develop new components using event-driven and serverless AWS technologies
- Build both real-time and petabyte-scale big data systems across a range of technologies
- Design, launch, own and evolve software that serves the interests of both customers and advertisers, delivering features end to end
- Partner with scientists and economists to invent, build and test ML-based approaches, iterating on what works best
- Collaborate with internal and external partners to integrate ad tech systems and deliver results at scale
- Apply a GenAI-first approach to engineering and to developer productivity
- Participate in design and code reviews and mentor peers on the team

About the team
The Sponsored Products and Brands team at Amazon Ads is re-imagining the advertising landscape through industry leading generative AI technologies, revolutionizing how millions of customers discover products and engage with brands across Amazon.com and beyond. We are at the forefront of re-inventing advertising experiences, bridging human creativity with artificial intelligence to transform every aspect of the advertising lifecycle from ad creation and optimization to performance analysis and customer insights. We are a passionate group of innovators dedicated to developing responsible and intelligent AI technologies that balance the needs of advertisers, enhance the shopping experience, and strengthen the marketplace. If you're energized by solving complex challenges and pushing the boundaries of what's possible with AI, join us in shaping the future of advertising.

Basic qualifications

- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 3+ 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

- 5+ 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
- Experience in machine learning, data mining, information retrieval, statistics or natural language processing

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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, CA, Palo Alto - 165,200.00 - 223,600.00 USD annually
USA, NY, New York - 158,100.00 - 213,800.00 USD annually
USA, WA, SEATTLE - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually

How we rate this

Software Development Engineer, Sponsored Products and Brands at Amazon rates 22 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

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.

Key facts

Software Development Engineer, Sponsored Products and Brands is an open job at Amazon.
Level rates this role AI Level 1 of 4: Little AI.
The listed salary is $165k-$224k a year.
The role is based in US, NY, New York.
The job was posted on November 3, 2026.
Seniority: mid.
Applications are handled by Amazon. Apply on Amazon