Software Development Engineer, Books Ads, Amazon

Amazon; Old Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative opportunity awaits at a leading global company, where you will contribute to the burgeoning advertising business. As a Software Development Engineer, you'll lead the charge in designing and delivering cutting-edge software services that enhance user experiences and drive sales. This role offers a unique chance to work with diverse teams across the organization, allowing you to expand your skill set in a fast-paced, agile environment. If you are passionate about technology and eager to make a significant impact, this position is your gateway to a rewarding career in a dynamic sector poised for growth.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional software development experience.
• Experience in design or architecture of systems is essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and delivery of software services and website stacks.
• Build distributed software applications using cloud services.

Skills

Software Development

Design Patterns

Reliability Engineering

Scaling Systems

Programming Languages

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Source Control Management

Build Processes

Testing Frameworks

Job description

Software Development Engineer, Books Ads, Amazon

Amazon is building a world class advertising business and we are responsible for defining and delivering a collection of self-service performance advertising products that drive discovery and sales. Our products are strategically important to our business, driving long term growth. We deliver billions of ad impressions and millions of clicks daily and are breaking fresh ground to create world-class products. We are motivated, collaborative and fun-loving with an entrepreneurial spirit and bias for action. With a broad mandate to experiment and innovate, we are growing quickly with a seemingly endless range of new opportunities.

As a software engineer, you will lead the design and delivery of software services and website stacks that entail engaging creatives, cross-screen placements, targeting, optimization, relevancy and advertiser experiences. You will build brand new distributed software applications using cloud services and amazon proprietary technologies to deliver these unique customer and advertiser experiences. You will frequently interface with teams across Amazon, including discovery, retail category, traffic generation, vendor management and analytics among many others. This is a great opportunity to learn many facets of advertising and retail, and understand how they come together, equipping you with the skills to grow your career. You will have the opportunity to experiment, innovate and deliver in a fast, agile and reliable manner with high quality and low technical debt. You should be passionate about building, improving and championing the product and a strong sense of ownership is a must.

This is a chance to get in on the ground floor for what is becoming a huge area of growth for Amazon’s advertising business. Join the Books Advertising team today to make history and transform our experiences.

About the team

The Books Ads team exists to launch, accelerate, and differentiate the advertising business for the publishing category. We own the end-to-end advertising experience for readers, shoppers, publishers, and authors, including ad supply, ad creative, ad serving, and the user experience for books populations. With a broad mandate to experiment and innovate, we are growing fast to pursue a range of new opportunities.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

1. 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
2. 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
3. Experience programming with at least one software programming language

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

1. 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
2. Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

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