Senior Software Development Engineer, FAIM (Full Funnel Agentic Intelligence and Models)

Lead the technical strategy for a greenfield startup team building AI-powered vertical advertising products simplifying full-funnel solutions at internet scale with agentic AI models across strategic verticals including financial services automotive and local businesses. There is no known answer or existing pattern to follow we are defining the space from the ground up.

Amazon Advertising is building this team to diversify demand and transform how vertical advertisers grow on Amazon through specialized AI-driven advertising experiences. Youll partner closely with Principal Engineers and Scientists to define the engineering roadmap translating ambiguous business problems into scalable system architectures and making foundational technical decisions that will shape the product for years to come. This is an ambiguous fast-moving environment where the problems are big the solutions are yet to be invented and the impact is immediate. If youre energized by building state-of-the-art products from scratch and shaping the future of AI-driven advertising this is your team.

Key job responsibilities
- Own the technical strategy and architectural direction for a business-critical initiative designing developing launching and maintaining AI-powered advertising solutions that simplify the advertiser experience across strategic verticals
- Partner closely with Principal Engineers and Scientists to define the engineering roadmap translating ambiguous business problems into scalable system architectures
- Design and build end-to-end services and platforms from the ground up making foundational technical decisions that shape the product for years to come
- Drive cross-functional collaboration across engineering science and product teams to deliver integrated solutions that balance advertiser needs with customer experience
- Evaluate and adopt emerging technologies including agentic AI models to accelerate product development and unlock new advertising capabilities
- Mentor engineers establish engineering best practices and raise the technical bar as the team scales
- Influence the long-term technical vision while delivering iterative high-impact results in a fast-paced startup environment

- 5 years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 5 years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
- 5 years of leading design or architecture (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience as a mentor tech lead or leading an engineering team

- 5 years of full software development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing and operations experience
- Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent

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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 NY New York - 184900.00 - 250200.00 USD annually
USA WA SEATTLE - 168100.00 - 227400.00 USD annually