Software Development Engineer, Measurement, Ad Tech, and Data Science (MADS)

Amazon • Santa Monica, CA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Are you passionate about Big Data and distributed systems? Do you thrive on building state-of-the-art products at petabyte scale? Join a team of world-class engineers and industry-leading experts operating one of the largest big data platforms for advertising at Amazon scale.

We are seeking an experienced Software Development Engineer to build the next generation of advertising measurement and reporting systems. You will leverage open-source technologies such as Spark and Java, alongside AWS services including EMR, Kinesis, DynamoDB, and Bedrock to deliver solutions that serve a wide set of users across Amazon's full advertising suite — spanning display, search, native, and video on all devices.

The ideal candidate brings a proven track record of delivering highly distributed systems at scale, with deep expertise in design patterns including SDKs, libraries, and versioning strategies. You are operationally excellent, experienced in collaborating across multiple teams, and ready to build the infrastructure that powers advertising insights at Amazon scale.

Requirements

• 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 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

Nice To Haves

• 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

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate strong engineering fundamentals and apply real-world experience to solve complex technical challenges
• Showcase diverse architectural approaches and design patterns in technical designs
• Think big and stay informed about industry standards and emerging trends in the Ad Tech space
• Communicate effectively across all leadership levels, both verbally and in writing
• Lead deep technical discussions with senior engineers, collaborating to solve challenging problems
• Quickly grasp new systems and provide valuable technical consultation to stakeholders
• Drive adoption of agenting patterns for development and on-call support to deliver higher quality products faster

Benefits

• 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
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree