Software Development Engineer II, Amazon, Sponsored Brand Collections

Amazons Sponsored Brands Advertising org stands at the forefront of digital commerce innovation seamlessly blending advertising expertise with e-commerce excellence. Our platform empowers businesses to connect with millions of Amazon shoppers through sophisticated advertising solutions spanning across and affiliated platforms. With our customer-first philosophy were revolutionizing how brands engage with shoppers creating immersive and personalized discovery experiences that transform the traditional shopping journey. Our team crafts visually compelling targeted advertising experiences that help brands capture customer attention during crucial decision-making moments resulting in billions of daily ad impressions and millions of customer engagements.

We are seeking an experienced and innovative software engineer to join our team and drive new initiatives in ad technology. You should be passionate about defining product technical strategies and architectures and ready to collaborate with business partners to design implement and launch cutting-edge ad solutions. You will be responsible for developing highly scalable distributed systems that guarantee availability scalability and low latency. Were looking for someone with strong technical skills and proven experience leading large-scale distributed services. The ability to thrive in an entrepreneurial environment handle ambiguity and manage competing priorities is essential. This role offers a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of e-commerce advertising and state-of-the-art machine learning techniques. If youre excited about making a lasting impact in the advertising space and possess the skills to excel in a fast-paced innovative environment we want to hear from you.

Key job responsibilities
Design and develop highly scalable services processing millions of daily requests.
Solve complex software challenges using state-of-the-art technology.
Translate functional requirements into robust scalable solutions.
Evaluate and select appropriate software products and tools.
Gain exposure to search advertising and e-commerce platform technologies.
Collaborate with data scientists and product managers on machine learning experiments.
Implement end-to-end solutions to improve predictive models and infrastructure.
Establish best practices and drive improvements in design development and operations.
Mentor junior engineers in design coding troubleshooting and operational excellence.
Participate in Amazons Software Development Community through MeetUps Hackathons and Conferences.

About the team
Our team scope is broad and impactful. Our team works on both advertiser and shopper facing SB distributed services which serve billions of Amazon shoppers and millions of Advertisers internationally. We are working on multiple cross-org architectural and business projects with highest impact and visibility all are critical forward-looking strategic opportunities for Amazon. Our vision is to make Amazon the best in class destination for shoppers to discover engage and build affinity with brands making shopping beautiful delightful & personal while allowing advertisers to sustainably grow their brand and business at scale with our advertising product(s).

- 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

- 3 years of full software development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing and operations experience
- Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent
- Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Java C or C# including object-oriented design
- Sharp problem solving skills and ability to convert ambiguous requirements to structured solutions and actions
- Experience communicating requirements and technical designs with both technical and non-technical audience including leadership
- Experience with Amazon Web Services Machine Learning & Advertising is a plus

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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.