Amazon
Senior Software Development Engineer, IMDb Discovery Services
$168K–$227K
Santa Monica, CA · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 27, 2026
- Experience
- 6+ years for each of the three stated software development, programming, and system design or architecture qualifications; experience as a mentor, tech lead, or engineering team lead is also required.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent (preferred).
About the job
Own and lead architecture and development of IMDb’s large-scale search, ranking, list, and discovery systems, evolving them into an AI-powered platform grounded in IMDb’s structured data.
What you'll do
- Lead search platform strategy and engineering, including index design, relevance tuning, query performance, and scaling.
- Own discovery architecture and lead complex projects through design, implementation, testing, deployment, and operations.
- Build intelligent retrieval, ML-powered ranking, and integration capabilities; improve reliability, engineering standards, and team effectiveness.
What they ask for
- 6+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- 6+ years of programming experience with at least one software programming language.
- 6+ years leading design or architecture of new and existing systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or engineering team lead.
Nice to have
- Experience building search, discovery, ranking, recommendation, or information retrieval systems at scale.
- Hands-on experience with AWS OpenSearch Service, Elasticsearch, or similar search technologies.
Pay
168,100.00 - 227,400.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
AWS OpenSearch Service, Elasticsearch, GraphQL, REST APIs
AI focus
Build an AI-powered discovery engine with intelligent retrieval, ML-powered ranking, and platform capabilities for downstream and AI-agent consumers, grounded in IMDb’s structured entity graph.
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