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Posted date: Sep 06, 2026
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Location: Seattle, WA
Estimated salary: $197,750
Range: $168,100 - $227,400
Description
The Amazon Sponsored Products and Brands is looking for a talented Sr. Machine Learning Engineer to join the Global Optimization Science team at the forefront of advertising technology innovation. We are working backwards from emerging markets to reimagine Amazon's advertising stack from the ground up, leveraging multilingual and multi-modal GenAI technologies — including semantic hash designs, LLMs, and more — to deliver solutions that scale worldwide from day one. This is your opportunity to be part of a small, high-impact team that prototypes, invents, and ships state-of-the-art solutions that will define the future of digital advertising.The ideal candidate combines entrepreneurial drive with deep technical expertise, thriving in ambiguous, fast-moving environments where you define the path forward with minimal structure. Our team regularly goes from ideas on the whiteboard to production-grade experiments. Your Customer Obsession fuels your passion for translating science into real-world value for millions of advertisers and customers worldwide. You are consistently Right, A Lot when navigating complex technical decisions, demonstrating the rare ability to identify solutions that drive maximum impact with minimal resources. Whether you're architecting scalable GenAI systems or optimizing multi-task recommendation engines, you cut through complexity to find the solutions that deliver the most results. Your GenAI experience goes beyond theoretical knowledge—you have successfully delivered value with state-of-the-art technologies at Amazon scale, understanding both the promise and practical challenges of deploying machine learning in production environments (evaluations, etc.). You're not just an engineer—you're a builder who sees the bigger picture and knows how to make it reality.
Key job responsibilities
* Architect next-generation systems that replace legacy monolithic infrastructure with scalable, intelligent solutions that scale worldwide on day one.
* Pioneer breakthrough applied science in multi-modal GenAI applications for advertising, combining text, image, and multi-lingual support.
* Drive end-to-end innovation from research ideation through production deployment at Amazon scale.
* Lead cross-functional collaboration with product, science, and business teams to translate science into customer impact.
About the team
You will join a newly-founded team with a broad mandate to experiment and innovate, with a focus on driving growth of sponsored products ad experiences across Amazon stores worldwide. This broad charter gives us the flexibility to explore and apply scientific techniques to novel product problems. You will have the satisfaction of seeing your work improve the experience of millions of Amazon shoppers worldwide while driving quantifiable revenue impact. More importantly, you will have the opportunity to broaden your technical skills, and be a science leader in an environment that thrives on creativity, experimentation, and product innovation.
Qualifications
- 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
Extended Qualifications
- 5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience- Bachelor's 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 https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, WA, SEATTLE - 168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually