Software Development Engineer, Ads Identity and Access Management, Ads Core Services (ACS)
Amazon
DESCRIPTION
Amazon is investing heavily in building a world class advertising business and we drive the end-to-end lifecycle of advertiser registration, account management, access controls and ad-product eligibility that are gateway to start using Amazon Ads. These products define how advertisers get started and interact with ad-products across their lifecycle, impacting XK+ partners and YM+ advertisers (and growing) globally, with over XK+ registrations a year and YM+ users actively engaging today.
You will drive key business metrics that include number of advertisers registered for Amazon Ads, measurement of the registration customer experience (conversion rate, success rate, time to register etc.), and strategic initiatives such as such as global advertising, new ad-product launches and incremental revenue from onboarding new advertiser segments.
You will build Tier-1 services to handle millions of requests per day, while maintaining response latencies in the milliseconds and meeting strict SLA requirements (high operational standards). You will develop distributed solutions with service oriented architecture to build high performance platforms to service world's largest selection to millions of customers. Our systems and algorithms operate on massive datasets using distributed frameworks. In this role you will be design new and rebuild existing solutions for the fast growing scale of the next generation of advertising services. You will have the opportunity to work with Principal engineers and to mentor and grow junior engineers.
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.
We are a highly motivated, collaborative and fun-loving team building a high growth business. We are entrepreneurial and have a bias for action with a broad mandate to experiment and innovate. This is an opportunity to make a significant impact on the future of the Amazon vision in the Advertising business.
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.
Key job responsibilities
SDE-2s are autonomous contributors to their team’s software. You deliver working features spanning the full software lifecycle including working backwards from customers, software design, implementation, testing, and deployment, operations, and documentation.
SDE 2s coach others on producing high quality code, using processes such as code review as a teaching mechanism. They ensure that when their software fails, the root cause is identified and eliminated with a permanent fix. They ensure the software they produce can be maintained and extended by those not familiar with the code by writing clear documentation and making good design choices.
SDE 2s participate in an inclusive, constructive dialogue with other team members and members of closely related teams. They train new team members on how their software is constructed, how it operates, and how it fits into the bigger picture.
About the team
Accounts & Permissions manages a suite of products ranging from registration, account management, access controls and ad-product eligibility that are gateway to start using Amazon Ads. These products define how advertisers get started and interact with ad-products across their lifecycle, impacting XK+ partners and YM+ advertisers (and growing) globally, with over XK+ registrations a year and YM+ users actively engaging today.
We drive key business metrics that include number of advertisers registered for Amazon Ads, measurement of the registration customer experience (conversion rate, success rate, time to register etc.) and strategic initiatives such as initiatives like non-endemic advertising, new ad-product launches (E.g. Sponsored TV), global advertising, Full Funnel+, SMB Display & Video etc
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
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
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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.