Software Development Engineer

About the role

Ever wonder what happens in the milliseconds between a customer scrolling and seeing a relevant ad? The Ad Events Hub team builds the infrastructure behind that moment - processing trillions of ads daily at a scale few teams in the industry ever touch. Your work will appear on Amazon.com and dozens of other websites, reaching tens of millions of customers and driving measurable revenue impact.

We build and operate the data systems powering the ad serving stack across Amazon's advertising businesses - including a signal intelligence layer that transforms raw session behavior into real-time signals and a distributed ultra-scale caching layer. These are tier-1 systems running at four 9s availability and five 9s reliability. You'll work cross-functionally with Engineers, Scientists, Product Managers, and Program Managers to build new advertising experiences, and grow technical skills in an environment built on creativity, experimentation, and product innovation.

Key job responsibilities

• Design, develop, and own tier-1 services that determine ad-serving eligibility across Sponsored Products, Sponsored Brands, and Sponsored Display
• Build global, auto-scalable, high-throughput services that work across all ad programs - from campaign management through event logging
• Collaborate with software engineers, scientists, Product Managers, and Program Managers to deliver compelling advertiser and customer experiences
• Set technical direction for services spanning multiple Sponsored Ad programs, contributing to architectural decisions that ensure sustained, rapid feature delivery
• Lead and inspire teammates to raise the bar on software quality, reliability, and operational excellence
• Measure success through quality of execution, pace of innovation, and increased customer and advertiser satisfaction

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

Additional information

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If the country/region you're applying in isn't listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Pay and benefits

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.

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