Software Development Engineer, Amazon Ads Demand Tech, Forecasting and Guidance

Saved job description

The Forecasting Insights and Guidance (FIG) team within Amazon Ads Demand Tech is seeking a software engineer to drive industry-leading campaign forecasting and recommendation solutions. This role sits at the intersection of ads technology (Agentic LLM), science, product, UI/UX, and business strategy, offering a unique opportunity to shape the future of forecasting and recommendations at scale.

You will design, build, and experiment with solutions that bridge forecasting and guidance algorithms with scalable, user-centric applications. Your work will ensure technical architecture supports accurate predictions while delivering actionable insights through intuitive interfaces.

The ideal candidate demonstrates strong technical skills in distributed systems, possesses knowledge of both front-end and back-end technologies, and excels at collaborating across teams. You'll balance technical excellence with business acumen, partnering across organizations to deliver solutions that drive revenue growth.

This role offers the opportunity to lead complex technical initiatives, mentor team members, and make a significant impact on Amazon's advertising platform at scale.

Key job responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable APIs and microservices for real-time forecasting and recommendations

• Build Agentic LLM applications that visualize data and deliver intuitive user experiences

• Collaborate with scientists to translate statistical models and algorithms into production-ready systems

• Develop efficient data pipelines and storage solutions to process large-scale advertising campaign data

• Drive system performance improvements and operational excellence through monitoring, optimization, and best practices

About the team

Our team provides customer facing forecasting and recommendations for self-service advertising customers throughout their campaign lifecycle journey. Our products educate customers on budget allocation opportunities, effective campaign setup, and optimizations. Accurate forecasting is critical to many growth initiatives across the business.

Requirements: - 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

- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field

- Experience programming with at least one software programming language