Software Development Engineer, Amazon Publisher Services (APS)

Amazons Advertising Technology team builds the technology infrastructure and ad serving systems to manage billions of advertising queries every day. The result is better quality advertising for publishers and more relevant ads for customers. In this organization youll experience the benefits of working in a dynamic entrepreneurial environment while leveraging the resources of (AMZN) one of the worlds leading companies.

Amazon Publisher Services (APS) helps publishers of all sizes and on all channels better monetize their content through effective advertising. APS unites publishers with advertisers across devices and media channels. We work with Amazon teams across the globe to solve complex problems for our customers. The end results are Amazon products that let publishers focus on what they do best publishing.

We are seeking a motivated backend/fullstack engineer to develop the infrastructure behind our Marketplace to connect the ad supported internet to standalone services that help publishers better monetize and operate their sites for their end users. This includes building out the APIs against which partners will integrate the business logic to connect publishers to their preferred partners data pipelines that produce and consume streams for partner analysis and realtime data enrichment in our distributed systems that process Internet scale.

Key job responsibilities
In this role you will:

Help define the system architecture own and implement specific components and help shape the overall experience.
Lead discussions to analyze our needs then improve and develop frontend solutions
Instill the culture of software quality from creation to production deployment. Write quality code backed by automated unit integration tests.
Instrument apps debug to resolve production issues and tune the applications to improve performance.
Break down the work items assign tasks to junior engineers and mentor them to grow
Continuously learn modern technologies share with team improve best practices for frontend applications development and delivery
Build and operate the systems based on realtime customer data and demanding servicelevel agreements

About the team
The Marketplace Services team within APS is responsible for improving publisher yield through connecting them with leading thirdparty SSPs and DSPs and continuously optimizing their traffic through our 3PB program connect the publishers with industry leading services and technology providers (vendors) to enhance their signal fidelity on the bidstream through our Connections Marketplace (CxM) program and provide industryfirst measurement and analytics capability on the impact of bid stream signals through our Signal IQ program.

3 years of noninternship professional software development experience
2 years of noninternship design or architecture (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
Experience programming with at least one software programming language
Knowledge of professional software engineering & best practices for full software development life cycle including coding standards software architectures code reviews source control management continuous deployments testing and operational excellence

5 years of industry experience in software development
MS or Ph.D. in a science or engineering discipline
Handson experience in adtech industry Knowledge of ad tech entities like DSPs SSPs DMPs Publishers and Advertisers
A deep understanding of the software development lifecycle and a track record of shipping software on time
Experience with agile software development
A strong bias for action
Selfdirected flexible goaloriented and strong sense of ownership
Strong verbal and written communications skills
Experience presenting complex technical information succinctly to technical and nontechnical audiences.

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

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees supervisors and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees supervisors and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal state and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct adverse and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies exercise sound judgment effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism and safeguard business operations and the Companys reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on jobrelated knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity signon 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 This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.