Real-Time Ad Tech SDE: Distributed Systems

Amazon Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 158,000 - 214,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon.com Services LLC is seeking a Software Development Engineer for Ad Performance & Delivery to design, implement, and operate real-time advertising systems at massive scale. You will build distributed services, streaming pipelines, and optimization algorithms that drive campaign results across the DSP platform.

Join a collaborative team working with applied scientists, economists, and product managers to deliver high-impact features from design to production, while contributing to

Qualifications

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture experience.
• 1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience.
• 1+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services.
• 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement components of real-time systems that compute price signals and distribute bidding instructions across a globally distributed fleet.
• Build and operate distributed services and streaming data pipelines that process tens of billions of events daily.
• Contribute to campaign performance optimization: pacing algorithms, budget allocation, and bid strategy enforcement.
• Own features end-to-end through the full software development lifecycle, from design through deployment and operations.
• Collaborate with applied scientists and economists to bring optimization algorithms from research to production.
• Participate in operational excellence: on-call rotations, root-cause analysis, and continuous improvement of system reliability.

Skills

Software development

Distributed systems

C++

Java

Perl

Architecture design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering/Mathematics

Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent

Tools

Git

Build systems

Job description

Amazon.com Services LLC is seeking a Software Development Engineer for Ad Performance & Delivery to design, implement, and operate real-time advertising systems at massive scale. You will build distributed services, streaming pipelines, and optimization algorithms that drive campaign results across the DSP platform.

Join a collaborative team working with applied scientists, economists, and product managers to deliver high-impact features from design to production, while contributing to