Amazon Advertising, one of Amazon's fastest-growing divisions, is seeking a Software Development Engineer II for their Sponsored Products (SP) team. This role focuses on the SP Sourcing Index team, which handles critical ads searching, selection, and matching systems. You'll be working with high-throughput, low-latency search architecture handling billions of daily requests while maintaining millisecond response times.
The position offers unique challenges in distributed systems, information retrieval, natural language processing, and deep learning. You'll be responsible for designing and implementing solutions that increase sponsored ads coverage across Amazon's retail website while ensuring ad relevancy for customers. The role combines technical expertise with leadership opportunities, including mentoring junior engineers.
Working at Amazon Advertising means joining a team that's central to Amazon's growth strategy. The SP team helps merchants, vendors, and brand owners succeed through native advertising, driving incremental sales of products sold through Amazon. You'll be part of a collaborative, fun-loving team with an entrepreneurial spirit and bias for action.
The compensation package is comprehensive, including a competitive base salary range of $129,300 to $223,600 depending on location, plus equity, sign-on payments, and full benefits. This is an excellent opportunity for engineers who want to work on massive-scale systems while making a direct impact on Amazon's advertising business.