Sr Software Dev Engineer, Amazon Search Relevance Measurement

Global technology company leading in e-commerce, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence
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Senior Software Engineer
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5,000+ Employees
5+ years of experience
AI · Enterprise SaaS · E-Commerce

Description For Sr Software Dev Engineer, Amazon Search Relevance Measurement

Amazon Search Science is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer to join their Relevance Measurement team. This role focuses on building innovative solutions to measure and improve Search Quality across Amazon's global platforms. You'll work with petabytes of data to enhance customer experience for hundreds of millions of users worldwide.

The position offers an opportunity to make significant impact on Amazon's search infrastructure, working with cutting-edge big data technologies and machine learning systems. You'll be responsible for creating sophisticated data pipelines, analytics tools, and statistical tests that drive search quality improvements across 20 primary and 11 secondary locales.

As a senior engineer, you'll lead architectural decisions, mentor team members, and work closely with scientists and product managers. The role combines technical leadership with hands-on development, requiring expertise in distributed systems, data processing, and statistical analysis. You'll build systems that analyze customer behavior, implement A/B testing frameworks, and develop metrics dashboards that guide product strategy.

The ideal candidate brings strong experience in software development, system design, and team leadership. You'll join a team that's central to Amazon's customer experience, working on problems that directly impact millions of users' ability to find products among billions of items. This role offers excellent growth opportunities and the chance to work with advanced technologies while solving complex technical challenges at scale.

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Responsibilities For Sr Software Dev Engineer, Amazon Search Relevance Measurement

  • Design and implement full stack applications, data pipelines, and analytics tools
  • Create and maintain large-scale systems for understanding customer behavior
  • Build and analyze A/B experiments processing petabytes of search logs
  • Develop dashboards and metrics for search relevance teams
  • Build Airflow and Spark DAGs for intelligent pipelines
  • Implement statistical tests for sampling and scoring
  • Lead design and architecture reviews for search quality measurement applications
  • Build data labeling platform and caching strategy

Requirements For Sr Software Dev Engineer, Amazon Search Relevance Measurement

Java
Python
  • 5+ years of professional software development experience
  • 5+ years of programming experience in at least one programming language
  • 5+ years of leading design or architecture experience
  • Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team
  • Experience in distributed and big data/MapReduce systems
  • Strong fundamentals in probability and statistics
  • Knowledge of full software development life cycle
  • Experience with coding standards, code reviews, and source control management

Benefits For Sr Software Dev Engineer, Amazon Search Relevance Measurement

Medical Insurance
401k
Equity
  • Competitive salary and benefits package
  • Opportunity to work on large-scale systems
  • Career growth and mentorship opportunities

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