What are the responsibilities and job description for the Software Development Engineer, Amazon Advertising position at Amazon?
DESCRIPTION
Amazon is hiring Software Development Engineers (SDE2) for developing an exciting product for our advertising line of business. We are building a world-class advertising business, defining and delivering a collection of self-service performance advertising products that drive merchandise discovery and sales. Our products hold strategic importance for our Retail and Marketplace businesses, contributing to their long-term growth. Each day, we deliver billions of ad impressions and generate millions of clicks, constantly pushing boundaries to create exceptional products. Our team is highly motivated, collaborative, and fun-loving, with an entrepreneurial spirit and a bias for action. With a broad mandate to experiment and innovate, we are experiencing unprecedented growth, with a seemingly endless range of new ideas and opportunities.
Key job responsibilities
We are looking for an experienced engineer for the Sponsored Products Data and Signals team. Sponsored Products helps merchants, retail vendors and brand owners grow incremental sales of their products on Amazon through native product advertising. The Sponsored Products Data and Signals team works on complex engineering, optimization, econometric and user-experience problems in order to deliver relevant product ads on Amazon.com world-wide.
As a software development engineer on our team, you will peer with senior engineers and product leaders to build and operate an extremely large scale, distributed, highly available and low latency system handling billions of requests, using highly optimized in-memory caching techniques. You will have the opportunity to shape the experience of millions of Amazon customers everyday, and your success will be measured ultimately by your ability to improve their experience with Sponsored Products. You will partner with our science team to develop models that optimize shopper experience. You will be responsible for designing, building, and operating key pieces of customer facing functionality.
We are just getting started. Come join us as we innovate and launch exciting new products and services in the coming year!
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.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
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.
Salary : $129,300 - $223,600
