Software Development Engineer II, Amazon Advertising, Partner Enablement and Growth Team - Amazon Ads
DESCRIPTION
Amazon Advertising operates at the intersection of eCommerce and advertising, offering a rich array of digital display advertising solutions with the goal of helping our customers find and discover anything they want to buy. We help advertisers reach Amazon customers on Amazon.com, across our other owned and operated sites, on other high quality sites across the web, and on millions of Kindles, tablets, and mobile devices. We start with the customer and work backwards in everything we do, including advertising. If you’re interested in joining a rapidly growing team working to build a unique, world-class advertising group with a relentless focus on the customer, you’ve come to the right place.
The Partner Enablement and Growth (PEG) team helps suppliers, agencies, marketers, authors, content creators, designers, non-endemic advertisers and developers to scale their use of Amazon Advertising and grow their business by surfacing a diverse selection of products to millions of worldwide Amazon customers. We do this via software tools and marketing/engagement programs that enable developers (internal and external) and partners (agencies and tool providers) to better serve advertiser needs.
Key job responsibilities
As an engineer on the team, you will be responsible for leading the architecture, design, development, and launch of core product features. You will:
* Drive initiatives to increase advertising revenue across Amazon's sites and devices worldwide
* Design, develop and scale APIs and other tools for external developers to help brands and their partners optimize their advertising spend
* Building brand new distributed software applications using cloud services and Amazon proprietary technologies to deliver these tools to external developers
* Mentor & grow engineers across the team, leading by example and insisting on high standards
* Work in an agile, startup-like development environment, where you are always working on the most important stuff.
A day in the life
* Opportunity to learn many facets of advertising and retail, and understand how they come together, equipping you with the skills to grow your career
* Opportunity to experiment, innovate and deliver in a fast, agile and reliable manner with high quality and low technical debt
* Opportunity to grow and broaden your technical skills as you work in an environment that thrives on creativity, experimentation, and product innovation
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
- 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 committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.