Full Job Description
Software Development Engineer II, Ads AI Core Infra
Key Technical Challenges:
Distributed and Scalable Architecture: The global Ads Availability team owns Tier 1 critical service infrastructure that forms the backbone of Ad serving. We have enabled this service infrastructure across multiple regions and Availability Zones.
High Availability: This role will provide critical support to the Global Ads Availability team that owns a key Ads wide Availability framework. It is critical to ensure that this framework remains highly available. High Availability architecture will help us make sure that the system is configured to handle different loads and different failures with minimal or no downtime.
Security is at the heart of all operations. This role will collaborate with Global teams to ensure Advertising services remain highly secure.
Key job responsibilities
• Business problem is defined. Technology strategy may not be defined.
• Delivers independently, with limited guidance.
• Solves complex software problems. Solutions are extensible and scale. Removes bottlenecks. Makes trade-offs: short-term vs. long-term technical decisions.
• Designs, develops, tests, and deploys software.
• Lead large projects. Knows how to divide so they can work in parallel with other SDEs and reassemble into a cohesive launch.
• 100% AWS Technologies
A day in the life
Your day begins with a quick team stand-up to align on priorities before diving into coding tasks. Throughout the day, you'll collaborate with experienced Amazonians across disciplines, working on designing and building innovative technologies in our large distributed computing environment. You'll participate in code reviews, contribute to technical discussions, and help solve complex problems while working in an agile environment to deliver high-quality software.
About the team
Our growing team in Ads Core Infra is passionate about solving business challenges through innovative technology. We hire the best minds in technology to innovate and build on behalf of our customers, focusing intensely on their needs in everything we do.
The challenges we solve are significant and impact millions of customers, advertisers, and products globally. We're looking for individuals excited by the idea of creating new products, features, and services from scratch while managing ambiguity in an environment where ship cycles are measured in weeks, not years. Our team values collaboration and supports new members with knowledge-sharing and mentorship opportunities.
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
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
