Software Development Engineer Amazon
New York, NY

Job Description

Amazon is investing heavily in building a world-class advertising business and we are responsible for defining and delivering a collection of self-service products which drive discovery and sales. Our products are strategically important to the long-term growth of the Retail and Marketplace businesses. We deliver billions of ad impressions and millions of clicks daily and are breaking fresh ground to create world-class products.

Our systems and algorithms operate on one of the world's largest product catalogs and it is quite routine for our systems to process massive datasets using distributed frameworks. We consistently strive to improve the customer search and browse experience. You will not merely go through the full software development cycle but more importantly drive appropriate technology choices for the business, lead the way for continuous innovation, and shape the future of e-commerce.

The System:

The Advertiser Communication and Engagement System (ACES) is the centralized communication and engagement system for advertisers on Amazon, integrating with systems which generate operational, marketing and product communications and delivering the content via the advertiser's preferred channels (email, selling coach, business advisor, mobile, etc.). ACES delivers millions of outbound communications to the worldwide advertising community, honoring their delivery preferences and maintaining high performance and accuracy.

The Team:

We are a highly-motivated, collaborative and fun-loving group within Amazon Advertising. We are entrepreneurial and have a bias for action with a broad mandate to experiment and innovate. The team is poised to double in size in the coming year, so now is a great time to join and make a significant impact on the future of the Amazon Advertising vision.

The Candidate (You!):

As a Software Development Engineer at Amazon, you will drive the technical direction of our offerings and solutions, working with many different technologies. You will design and code, troubleshoot and support. What you create is also what you own.

A successful candidate will have the satisfaction of seeing their work on the Amazon.com website and numerous other websites, where it will be viewed by tens of millions of customers and will drive quantifiable revenue impact, broaden their technical skills and work in an environment that thrives on creativity, experimentation, and product innovation. A role with direct impact on the success of advertising at Amazon.