Software Development Engineer, Promotion Analytics and Optimization Services

Amazon; Vancouver; On-site; USD 114,000 - 192,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading e-commerce company in Vancouver is looking for an experienced software engineer to join their Promotion Analytics and Optimization Service team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in application development, data mining, and machine learning, along with excellent problem-solving skills to impact business profitability. Responsibilities include innovative systems development and collaboration across teams. The position offers a competitive salary and a supportive, inclusive work culture.

Benefits

Full range of medical benefits

Equity and sign-on payments

Inclusive work culture and career growth

Qualifications

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 2+ years of design or architecture of new and existing systems experience.
• Experience with at least one software programming language.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to existing development efforts by infusing technical prowess.
• Identify new uses of technologies for novel problems in Promotions.
• Connect with teams across Amazon to benefit from innovations.

Skills

Application development

Data mining

Machine learning

Software programming

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Master's degree in computer science or equivalent

Tools

AWS

Hadoop

Spark

Job description

Description

Are you interested in applying your background in application development, data mining or machine learning to massive real world data and impact the lives of millions of Amazon users? Do you like to own end-to-end business problems and directly impact the profitability of the company? Do you like to innovate and simplify? If yes, then you may be a great fit to join the Promotion Analytics and Optimization Service team at Amazon.

At Selling Partner Promotions, our vision is simple - we want to run the best promotions in the industry. Through technology, we seek to constantly increase the quality of promotions - by identifying the best set of products to promote from the millions we carry; best promotion type that meets our business objectives and learning from the performance of our past promotions.

Key job responsibilities

The requirement is for someone who can rigorously use state-of-the-art methods and technologies in their area of specialization. The successful candidate will (1) contribute to existing development efforts already underway by infusing their deep knowledge of their field and technical prowess, (2) identify new and promising uses of technologies that address novel problems in Promotions, and (3) connect with other teams throughout Amazon to ensure that we benefit from innovations and progress across the company. If you are an experienced software engineer with a diverse skill-set and background who enjoys building innovative systems and work with large scale data sets then we would like to chat with you.

About the team

Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and skills including Software Engineering, Big Data Engineering and Applied Science. We are building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentor-ship. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded professional and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

• 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

• Master's degree in computer science or equivalent

• 3+ years of building large-scale machine-learning infrastructure for online recommendation, ads ranking, personalization or search experience

• 3+ years of big data technologies such as AWS, Hadoop, Spark, Pig, Hive, Lucene/SOLR or Storm/Samza experience

• Experience with full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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The base salary for this position ranges from $114,800/year up to $191,800/year. Salary is based on a number of factors 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. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.