Job Description
Every number an advertiser sees in Amazon Ads passes through our platform. We process 40 billion records a day and are building the next generation of this system on a Lakehouse architecture - making it the data foundation for AI-powered advertising products that millions of advertisers depend on.
We need an engineer who wants to own that work, write production code, and ship systems at this scale. You"re joining at an exciting time: the team is building a new Lakehouse architecture that gives both human-facing reporting surfaces and AI agents the same governed, queryable interface to advertising data. AI agents already query our platform at inference time to answer advertiser questions and power automated campaign management - and that usage is growing fast. You"ll build both the core platform and the AI-powered tooling that makes it easier to operate. Engineers on this team have already shipped autonomous operations agents and lineage tracing tools that are in production today.
Key job responsibilities
- Build data pipelines that turn raw advertising events into the metrics advertisers use to measure and grow their businesses
- Design and ship new platform capabilities using table-based architectures that unlock faster onboarding, simpler operations, and broader data access
- Create automated validation and monitoring that keeps data accurate at scale
- Improve infrastructure efficiency and reduce operational costs across a large compute fleet
- Work with partner teams to onboard new advertising products onto the reporting platform
- Build AI-powered tooling and autonomous operations agents that improve platform reliability and developer productivity
About the team
We sit within Amazon Advertising and own the reporting data layer end to end. Our team is 13 engineers across two locations. Core technologies: Java, Python, TypeScript (AWS CDK), Apache Spark on EMR, Apache Iceberg - plus EKS, DynamoDB, Redshift, and Athena. Senior engineers mentor newer team members, and the growth path leads to owning platform-level initiatives, setting architectural direction, and becoming a technical point of contact across the organization.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Seattle, WA |
| Industry | Retail |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Year Founded | 1994 |
| Website | http://Amazon.com/militaryroles |
About Company
At Amazon, we don’t wait for the next big idea to present itself. We envision the shape of impossible things and then we boldly make them reality. So far, this mindset has helped us achieve some incredible things. Let’s build new systems, challenge the status quo, and design the world we want to live in. We believe the work you do here will be the best work of your life.
Wherever you are in your career exploration, Amazon likely has an opportunity for you. Our research scientists and engineers shape the future of natural language understanding with Alexa. Fulfillment center associates around the globe send customer orders from our warehouses to doorsteps. Product managers set feature requirements, strategy, and marketing messages for brand new customer experiences. And as we grow, we’ll add jobs that haven’t been invented yet.
It’s Always Day 1
At Amazon, it’s always “Day 1.” Now, what does this mean and why does it matter? It means that our approach remains the same as it was on Amazon’s very first day – to make smart, fast decisions, stay nimble, invent, and stay focused on delighting our customers. In our 2016 shareholder letter, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos shared his thoughts on how to keep up a Day 1 company mindset. “Staying in Day 1 requires you to experiment patiently, accept failures, plant seeds, protect saplings, and double down when you see customer delight,” he wrote. “A customer-obsessed culture best creates the conditions where all of that can happen.” You can read the full letter here
Our Leadership Principles
Our Leadership Principles help us keep a Day 1 mentality. They aren’t just a pretty inspirational wall hanging. Amazonians use them, every day, whether they’re discussing ideas for new projects, deciding on the best solution for a customer’s problem, or interviewing candidates. To read through our Leadership Principles from Customer Obsession to Bias for Action, visit https://www.amazon.jobs/principles
Wherever you are in your career exploration, Amazon likely has an opportunity for you. Our research scientists and engineers shape the future of natural language understanding with Alexa. Fulfillment center associates around the globe send customer orders from our warehouses to doorsteps. Product managers set feature requirements, strategy, and marketing messages for brand new customer experiences. And as we grow, we’ll add jobs that haven’t been invented yet.
It’s Always Day 1
At Amazon, it’s always “Day 1.” Now, what does this mean and why does it matter? It means that our approach remains the same as it was on Amazon’s very first day – to make smart, fast decisions, stay nimble, invent, and stay focused on delighting our customers. In our 2016 shareholder letter, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos shared his thoughts on how to keep up a Day 1 company mindset. “Staying in Day 1 requires you to experiment patiently, accept failures, plant seeds, protect saplings, and double down when you see customer delight,” he wrote. “A customer-obsessed culture best creates the conditions where all of that can happen.” You can read the full letter here
Our Leadership Principles
Our Leadership Principles help us keep a Day 1 mentality. They aren’t just a pretty inspirational wall hanging. Amazonians use them, every day, whether they’re discussing ideas for new projects, deciding on the best solution for a customer’s problem, or interviewing candidates. To read through our Leadership Principles from Customer Obsession to Bias for Action, visit https://www.amazon.jobs/principles
Skills
- Advertisingunmatched
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)unmatched
- Apacheunmatched
- Apache Sparkunmatched
- Architectural Servicesunmatched
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)unmatched
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) Agentsunmatched
- Business Growthunmatched
- Campaignsunmatched
- Cost Controlunmatched
- Data Managementunmatched
- Electronic Medical Recordsunmatched
- Javaunmatched
- Machine Toolunmatched
- Mentoringunmatched
- Metricsunmatched
- Onboardingunmatched
- Operational Improvementunmatched
- Operational Strategyunmatched
- Power Managementunmatched
- Python Programming/Scripting Languageunmatched
- Reliability Engineeringunmatched
- Software Developmentunmatched
- Software Engineeringunmatched
- Team Playerunmatched
- Vehicle Fleetsunmatched
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