Software Development Engineer Test II, Performance Ads Core Eng (PACE)

Are you looking to join a team that is among the fastest growing organizations at Amazon Does wearing multiple hats and working in a fast-paced entrepreneurial environment sound like a good fit Then consider joining the Amazon Self Service Product Advertising team. You will be solving difficult non-deterministic workflows work with highly scaled systems and changing user requirements. Amazon Self Service Performance Advertising is investing heavily in building a world class advertising business and we are responsible for defining and delivering a collection of advertising products that drive discovery and sales. Our products are strategically important to our Retail and Marketplace businesses driving long term growth.
We are currently developing innovative new features and were looking for top test/quality engineers to ensure our very high quality bar is met and raised. As a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) you will architect design and build test suites and frameworks to push our advertising systems to their limits and beyond.
You will work with program management development teams and our QA organization to scope out features and understand the customer requirements then work side-by-side with the team to ensure the quality of our system.
You should have a demonstrated track record of delivering test automation quality requirements designing performance and scale test suites and producing deliverables that exceed commitments. You should also be comfortable presenting technical material to internal and external audiences in support of our customers. Candidates should be able to develop test frameworks define and implement functional tests perform failure testing with fault injection understand complex distributed system architecture design and develop performance and stress tests.


Key Responsibilities
- Participate in the full development life cycle working within broadly defined parameters including test plan execution and software quality needs.
- Writing and executing test plans designing and developing test tools debugging and reporting code bugs and pushing quality upstream.
- Own the delivery of an entire software development test suites and frameworks.
- Management and execution of project plans and meeting delivery commitments.
- Work closely with the technical leaders to develop the best technical design and approach for testing our functionality at scale.
- Build software solutions where the problem is not well defined. You are capable of understanding the interaction between the components in a distributed system in order to ensure they are functioning properly.
- Create and execute appropriate quality plans project plans test strategies and processes for development activities in concert with business and project management efforts.



- 3 years of test automation frameworks and tools building experience
- 3 years of non-internship professional software development testing experience
- Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Java C or C# including object-oriented design

- Knowledge of overall system architecture scalability reliability and performance in a database environment
- Experience with security in service-oriented architectures and web services
- 2 years of test automation frameworks and tools building experience
- Experience working in a cloud based development and production environment such as AWS

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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 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 This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.