You will build machine learning pipelines and online serving systems that help match shoppers with advertised products, enabling highly relevant sponsored ads while meeting strict latency limits. In this role, you will work closely with ML and NLP research scientists to improve model performance and take solutions from training through real-time production serving.

Based in New York, NY and working onsite, this position supports products used by hundreds of millions of customers, with an operational bar designed for 24x7x365 excellence.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and support scalable ML pipelines and online serving systems for sponsored ads under strict latency constraints
Collaborate with applied and research scientists to optimize ML model performance and infrastructure, moving models from experimentation into production
Deliver ML features end to end, including system design, implementation, testing, deployment, and operations
Use performance metrics to identify issues, propose solutions, and track both system health and model quality
Run production services with a focus on operational excellence for large-scale, customer-facing products
Work with Product, UX, QA, and other engineers to build the right customer experiences
Mentor peers and share technical knowledge through design and code reviews

Requirements

3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
2+ years of non-internship design or architecture experience (design patterns, reliability, and scaling) for new and existing systems
1+ year of software development engineer or related occupational experience
1+ year designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded, or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using C#, C++, Java, or Perl
1+ year of Object Oriented Design experience
Experience programming with at least one software programming language

Technologies

C#
C++
Java
Perl

About the Team

The Sponsored Products and Brands team at Amazon Ads is re-imagining the advertising landscape through industry-leading generative AI technologies. The team is focused on improving how millions of customers discover products and engage with brands across Amazon.com and beyond, across the advertising lifecycle from ad creation and optimization to performance analysis and customer insights. The group aims to develop responsible and intelligent AI technologies that balance advertiser needs with a better shopping experience and a stronger marketplace.

Preferred Qualifications

3+ years of full software development life cycle experience, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent

Compensation & Benefits

This role offers a salary range of USD 143,700 - 213,800 per yearly.

Sign-on payments
Restricted stock units (RSUs)
Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription)
Basic Life & AD&D insurance
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
Parental leave

Machine Learning Engineer