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Software Development Engineer, Ads Sales Tech

Amazon

Chicago, ILJob$144–194K/yrSeen 1 day agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago

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Compensation
$144–194K/yr
Location
Chicago, IL
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Software Development Engineer will build self-service applications and scalable services for Amazon Advertising’s sales operations. The role owns feature delivery from problem identification through implementation, testing, and production support, and collaborates with product, UX, engineering, and science partners. The team is being built from scratch, follows Scrum, and aims to replace manual workflows with automated tooling that improves productivity for sales teams and agencies.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Software DevelopmentSystem DesignSystem ArchitectureC#C++JavaPerlObject-Oriented DesignProgrammingSoftware Development LifecycleCoding StandardsCode ReviewSource ControlBuild ProcessesSoftware TestingSoftware Operations

Qualifications

3+ Years Software Development Experience2+ Years Design or Architecture Experience1+ Year SDE or Related Experience1+ Year Large-Scale Software ExperienceBachelor's in Computer Science or Equivalent

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave

Full job description

Description

Build the self-service applications and scalable services that accelerate Amazon Advertising's sales operations — empowering sales teams and ad agencies to move faster by replacing manually intensive workflows with intelligent, automated tooling. This is an early-stage team being built from scratch with a startup mentality and a broad mandate to experiment and innovate.

The Advertising Sales Engineering team is at the forefront of Amazon Ads' growth, building technical solutions that enable internal sales executives and external ad agencies to deliver at scale. You'll own, design, and deliver highly scalable web applications and services that directly accelerate productivity across Amazon Advertising's sales organization. We follow Scrum, work like a startup, and collaborate across engineering, science, and product — with lots of opportunities to grow as the team scales.

Key job responsibilities

  • Design, build, and deliver highly scalable web applications and services that accelerate sales operations across Amazon Advertising

  • Own end-to-end feature delivery — from identifying problems and proposing solutions through implementation, testing, and production support

  • Collaborate with product managers, UX designers, and engineering peers to define requirements and deliver the right solutions for internal and external customers

  • Build and operate self-service applications that replace manual workflows and drive measurable productivity improvements for sales teams and agencies

  • Use performance metrics and measurement techniques to assess system health and drive continuous improvement

  • Contribute to team growth by participating in design discussions, code reviews, and mentoring peers

Basic Qualifications

  • 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience

  • 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience

  • 1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience

  • 1+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using: C#, C++, Java, or Perl experience

  • 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience

  • Experience programming with at least one software programming language

Preferred Qualifications

  • 3+ 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

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

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, IL, Chicago - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually

How this job compares

Set against the 1,360 open Software Development Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$144–194K/yr
  • US median$144–194K/yr1,236 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $169K, is close to the US median midpoint ($169K) — in the middle half of Software Development Engineer salary ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 10 open Software Development Engineer jobs in Illinois and 1,360 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most across the US
Experience
This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Software Development Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (1,216 postings).
Education
600 of the 1,360 open Software Development Engineer jobs (44%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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