Senior Software Development Engineer, Partner Experience and Growth, Amazon Ads

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Worldwide Advertising is seeking a seasoned software engineer to design and implement features across multiple areas of Amazon’s advertising ecosystem. You will tackle challenging problems, uphold coding and testing standards, and influence technical direction to improve software quality and user experience.

The role requires mentoring peers, collaborating with partner teams and driving reliable, scalable solutions within the PEG organization, contributing to fast-growing advertising

Qualifications

• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience.
• 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience.
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team.

Responsibilities

• Designs and independently implements key features solving difficult software problems for our partners, potentially spanning multiple areas of Amazon’s advertising ecosystem.
• Solves complex technical problems with simple solutions wherever possible
• Demonstrates knowledge and use of coding and testing best practices
• Influences the team’s technical direction and maintains a high quality bar, having a direct impact on both software quality and experience for our users
• Effectively communicates technical and non-technical ideas to diverse audiences
• Collaborates with peers and mentors to receive guidance, and acts as a mentor to others as required
• Cultivates relationships with partner teams

Skills

Java

Python

C++

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Job description

Description

Amazon Advertising operates at the intersection of e-Commerce and Advertising, offering a range of digital advertising solutions with the goal of helping our customers discover and shop for anything they want to buy.

The Amazon Advertising business is growing at a fast pace and this team's mission is to apply technology to accelerate that growth through best-in‑class software engineering, data engineering, and business intelligence. The team is looking for motivated, thoughtful self‑starters who can contribute right away to the design and development of these new products and who can partner closely with our teams to deliver products that truly move the needle for innovation.

A qualified candidate for this role enjoys working with end users, developing customer‑focused UX, workflows and web services, and solving business problems with extensible software solutions. If you are interested in being part of Amazon Advertising and building services that allow Advertising to reach its innovative goals, then we look forward to connecting with you.

Key job responsibilities

• Designs and independently implements key features solving difficult software problems for our partners, potentially spanning multiple areas of Amazon’s advertising ecosystem.

• Solves complex technical problems with simple solutions wherever possible

• Demonstrates knowledge and use of coding and testing best practices

• Influences the team’s technical direction and maintains a high quality bar, having a direct impact on both software quality and experience for our users

• Effectively communicates technical and non-technical ideas to diverse audiences

• Collaborates with peers and mentors to receive guidance, and acts as a mentor to others as required

• Cultivates relationships with partner teams

About the team

Amazon Worldwide Advertising is one of Amazon's fastest growing and most profitable businesses. Partner Experience and Growth (PEG) organization leverages advanced analytics and experimentation to unlock value for our advertising partners and mutual customers, i.e. the advertisers.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience

• 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience

• 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience

• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ 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

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