Software Development Engineer, MADS

Amazon.com Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 144,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Software Engineer to design and deliver measurement data systems used across its advertising suite. You will build petabyte-scale data pipelines and services using Spark, EMR and Iceberg, and you will work with scientists, economists and engineers to turn measurement methodologies into scalable production systems.

You will tackle complex attribution challenges amid evolving privacy rules and high throughput demands, mentoring peers through reviews and contributing to robust,

Qualifications

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 2+ years of design or architecture experience on large-scale systems.
• 1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience.
• 1+ years of designing and developing distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using languages like C#, C++, Java or Perl.
• 1+ years of OO design experience.
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and deliver software that produces measurement data used across Amazon's full advertising suite.
• Build and maintain petabyte-scale data pipelines and services using Spark, EMR, Apache Iceberg and Java.
• Solve complex attribution challenges as technical requirements and privacy rules change.
• Collaborate with scientists, economists, PMs and engineers across teams to turn methodologies into scalable production systems.
• Apply architectural patterns to deliver maintainable, scalable, well-tested solutions in a high-throughput environment.
• Contribute to design discussions, identify tradeoffs and propose solutions balancing performance, cost and maintainability.
• Uphold engineering best practices including code reviews, testing strategies and operational excellence.

Skills

Software development

Distributed systems

OO design

C#, C++, Java

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related

Tools

Spark

EMR

Apache Iceberg

DynamoDB

Java

Job description

What Makes This Role Stand Out

• 50B+ events per day: petabyte-scale data pipelines using Spark, EMR, Apache Iceberg, DynamoDB and other AWS services
• Engineering meets science: work directly with applied scientists and economists to turn new measurement methodologies into scalable production systems
• End-to-end ownership: take an ambiguous measurement problem through design, implementation, launch and operations
• Direct business impact: the data you produce helps millions of advertisers make better investment decisions and powers optimization across Amazon's full advertising suite
• Build new, not just maintain: design new architectures that improve scalability, data freshness, correctness, reliability and cost efficiency

Key job responsibilities

• Design, develop and deliver software that produces measurement data used across Amazon's full advertising suite, including display, search, native and video
• Build and maintain petabyte-scale data pipelines and services using Spark, EMR, Apache Iceberg and Java, developing new big data approaches to keep pace with rapid growth
• Solve complex attribution challenges as technical requirements, privacy rules and priorities change
• Collaborate with applied scientists, economists, product managers and engineers across teams to turn measurement methodologies into scalable production systems
• Apply a range of architectural approaches and design patterns to deliver maintainable, scalable, well-tested solutions in a high-throughput environment
• Contribute to technical design discussions, identify tradeoffs and propose solutions that balance performance, cost and long-term maintainability
• Uphold engineering best practices, including code reviews, testing strategies and operational excellence (alarms, runbooks, monitoring), and mentor peers through design and code reviews

Build the attribution systems that connect ad interactions with real customer outcomes. You'll process more than 50 billion events per day to produce the measurements that power experiences across all of Amazon Ads and help millions of advertisers understand the true value of their campaigns. Attribution is at the heart of advertising measurement, and your work will directly influence how advertising budgets are optimized at global scale.

Accurate attribution at Amazon scale is one of the hardest engineering problems in advertising. Our systems connect signals across advertising products, customer journeys, devices, channels and conversion sources. That means solving problems in massive-scale data processing, distributed systems, identity and signal fragmentation, evolving privacy requirements and complex attribution methodologies. The measurements we produce are foundational signals for reporting, campaign optimization, machine learning models, analytics applications and emerging AI-powered advertising experiences.

About the team The Measurement, AdTech, and Data Science (MADS) team defines and produces the metrics advertisers rely on to analyze the performance of their ad investments. Our charter covers the systems that compute and distribute estimated conversions at massive scale. We work across a rich technology stack, combining AWS services like EMR, Kinesis and AWS Batch with open-source technologies such as Spark and Presto, to deliver fast, reliable measurement at the speed advertisers demand.

Basic Qualifications

• 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
• 1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience
• 1+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using: C#, C++, Java, or Perl experience
• 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ 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

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

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits .

USA, WA, SEATTLE - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. Veterans, military spouses, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.