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Key details
Salary
Not specified
Employment type
Full-time
Seniority
Senior
Years experience
10+
Location
New York, US; Seattle, United States
Full job description
Amazon Ads' Measurement, AdTech and Data Science team seeks a Senior Manager, Software Development to lead 30-50 engineers building performance measurement systems for ad campaigns. Responsibilities include managing petabyte-scale data pipelines, real-time and batch attribution systems, experimentation infrastructure, and privacy-preserving measurement architectures. The role requires 10+ years engineering experience, 5+ years managing engineering teams, and experience with large-scale, high-traffic applications. Candidates must have strong leadership skills, knowledge of advertising, causal inference, privacy constraints, and the ability to set technical strategy and dive deep into system design. The position involves collaboration with product managers, scientists, and cross-functional teams, driving AI-native development practices, and operational excellence. Locations: Seattle, WA and New York, NY.
What you'll do
Lead 30-50 engineers across multiple teams
Own petabyte-scale data pipelines processing billions of events daily
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Requirements
10+ years of engineering experience
5+ years of engineering team management experience
10+ years of planning, designing, developing and delivering consumer software experience
Experience partnering with product or program management teams
Experience managing multiple concurrent programs, projects and development teams in an Agile environment
Experience designing and developing large scale, high-traffic applications (preferred)
Strong engineering leadership background
Experience building and operating large-scale data and ads systems
Understanding of advertising, causal inference, and privacy-constrained computation
Ability to develop and drive high-level technical strategy
Hands-on ability to dive deep into system designs and unblock teams
Tech stack
big data systemsreal-time data processingbatch processingexperimentation infrastructureprivacy-preserving measurementAI-native developmentagentic AI tooling
Benefits
Sign-on paymentsRestricted stock units (RSUs)Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription)Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plansEmployee Assistance Program (EAP)Mental Health SupportMedical Advice LineFlexible Spending AccountsAdoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage401(k) matchingPaid time offParental leave
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