Software Development Engineer, Measurement, Ad Tech, and Data Science (MADS) Foundations- Traffic

Benefits

Parental leave

6 weeks From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Non-birth-parent leave

6 weeks From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Family-building benefits

• Fertility benefits: Offered From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026
• Adoption assistance: Offered From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026
• Surrogacy assistance: Not verified

Mental health support

Offered From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Relocation assistance

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Childcare support

Offered From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Learning budget

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Verification

Source-linked checked Jun 7, 2026

Salary

$144K-$194K From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

401(k) match

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Market context

U.S. role benchmark (BLS OEWS)

$116,543 U.S. median for this role

Projected growth (BLS Employment Projections)

+9.8% - Much faster than average

45% above the BLS role benchmark for software engineering aggregate.

Matched to SOC 15-1252 - Software Engineering aggregate by role bucket.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2024 and Employment Projections, 2024-2034.

Role

Role function

Engineering From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Seniority

Mid From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Schedule

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Weekend work

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Company

Company stage

Public-company From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Equity

Offered Verified - SEC 10-K source checked Jun 20, 2026

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About this role

Software Development Engineer, Measurement, Ad Tech, and Data Science (MADS) Foundations- Traffic Seattle, Washington, USA The Traffic Applications team, part of Measurement, Ad Tech, and Data Science (MADS), owns the data ingress system for all of Amazon Ads. Traffic ingests hundreds of billions of ad events daily from upstream systems, decorates them with dimensional and identity data, and publishes structured traffic and billing datasets in a standardized format to downstream consumers across the Ads ecosystem. The system operates under strict SLAs for data freshness and accuracy on tier-one advertising metrics, owning three of the five critical metrics used for Ads billing. As the first MADS system to encounter regulatory and identity changes, Traffic's architectural decisions propagate across the entire MADS stack, making design choices here uniquely consequential. You will have the opportunity to work on critical business initiatives that directly impact Ads VP and SVP level goals. These include compliance initiatives such as GDPR and ePrivacy, enabling geo-targeting features, and driving architecture scalability to support spiky traffic from live sports events. Key job responsibilities As a SDE , you will: - Own team architecture and lead design on multi-engineer efforts across our Spark-based EMR pipelines, decoration jobs, and publication systems - Navigate ambiguous technical problems with conflicting constraints - regulatory deadlines, performance requirements, cost targets, and cross-org dependencies - Identify one-way-door decisions, proactively address architectural deficiencies, and ensure Traffic's design doesn't limit what downstream teams can build - Drive adoption of engineering best practices and maintain sound operations - alarms,

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