Software Development Engineer, Social Marketing

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 129,000 - 224,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking a Software Development Engineer to enhance its social marketing platform. This role involves building large-scale, distributed systems that leverage machine learning and big data. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in software development and will thrive in a collaborative environment. You will play a key role in shaping the future of social advertising, working with a talented team to solve complex challenges and improve customer experiences. Join us in creating impactful solutions that drive engagement and growth across various social media platforms.

Benefits

Health Insurance

Retirement Plans

Employee Discounts

Flexible Work Hours

Remote Work Options

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the software development life cycle including design and testing.
• Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to solve critical problems.

Skills

Software Development

Design Patterns

Distributed Computing

Machine Learning

Data Mining

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Equivalent Degree

Tools

AWS Services

Source Control Management

Job description

Software Development Engineer, Social Marketing

Job ID: 2970263 | Amazon.com Services LLC

The Social Marketing team owns Amazon’s automated advertising on social media apps like Facebook, Instagram, SnapChat, Pinterest, TikTok, and more. Our engineering team builds self-optimizing ad personalization engines that leverage integrated machine learning, massive data processing and adaptive algorithms to deliver ad performance. We use social graph signals and closed loop optimization to power our advertising engine. As a part of our team, you will have a chance to have a ground-up impact on our systems, our business, and most importantly, our customers, through the leadership of a team of engineers focused on scaling social advertising.

Our program goals driving sales of Amazon products and offers, driving customer acquisition to strategic programs such as Prime Video & Amazon Music, and downloads of Amazon's mobile apps like Amazon Shopping app, Prime Video app, etc. This is a rapidly growing team at Amazon, and we're building a top-notch team of engineers, scientists and engineering leaders. The problems we face are complex and interesting, including the information engineering and data mining of big data sets from both social media and Amazon. We build large scale, distributed systems using multiple AWS services, designed from ground up to make extensive use of machine learning and social graph data.

We are seeking a Software Development Engineer to join our team in our Seattle headquarters and help build the social advertising platform that will power large scale advertising programs on multiple social media apps. The team will build a wide range of large scale, multi-tiered distributed systems. Successful candidates must be innovative, flexible, have strong leadership skills and be able to work collaboratively with cross-functional business and software development teams to solve critical business problems. The ideal candidate will have experience working with large datasets, distributed computing technologies and service-oriented architecture.

The successful candidate is expected to contribute to all parts of the software development and deployment life cycle, including design, development, documentation, testing and operations. They must possess strong verbal and written communication skills, be self-driven and deliver high quality results in a fast paced environment. They need to really enjoy working closely with their peers in a group of very talented engineers.

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
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent

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.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location 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. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits . This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

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