Sr. Software Dev Engineer, Ad Supply and Monetization

*Position also available in Arlington, VA*

DESCRIPTION

Do you want to learn how Amazon maximizes the relevancy of advertising content for Amazon Shoppers?

At Amazon our mission is to be Earth’s most customer-centric company. The Advertising Supply and Monetization team is carrying out that mission through our charter to transform relevancy of display advertising placements on Amazon shopping pages. We aim to enhance customer experience by presenting advertising content that is optimized for each individual Amazon Shopper. The team partners closely with both retail and advertising teams and is responsible for hundreds of placements in 10+ countries. Our work is seen by 100's of millions of customers demands rigor in solutions development with the need for continuous improvements in scale, latency and customer experience.

Key job responsibilities

As a Senior Software Engineer in Supply Side Relevancy you will lead design and implementation of intelligent supply side ad content relevancy systems and guardrails in order to maximize experience for both Amazon Shoppers and Advertisers.

This is a high impact role where you will utilize on both technical acumen and leadership principles in order to:¬¬

• Architect highly scalable, low latency systems

• Collaborate with peers across organizations to deliver solutions that delight our customers

• Mentor and coach junior team member in software development best practices

• Build insights through the team’s big data systems on delivery and performance to guide our business decisions and investment

• Seek to continually innovate and scale the services you build through researching technology choices, and owning the operational excellence of solutions

About the team

The Supply Side Relevancy team is small and mighty! This talented group of engineers with diverse ideas and backgrounds place high value on both creativity and quality. They practice agile software delivery and take ownership of development, testing and deployments to their AWS environments.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

· 2+ years of experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems

· 3+ years of programming experience with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design

· 4+ years of professional software development experience

· 2+ years of experience as a mentor, tech lead OR leading an engineering team

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or 5+ years of relevant industry experience

• Experience building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers

• 3+ years agile software development

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Strong sense of ownership

• Proven history leading operational excellence delivery

• Experience mentoring and coaching junior engineers

• 2+ years partnering with product owners on roadmap and strategy

• Experience building applications on public or private cloud solutions