Software Development Engineer, Ads Creative Formats

Are you excited about building the orchestration layer that powers billions of ad impressions daily Our team owns the platform infrastructure for Amazons Responsive E-Commerce (REC) ad creative system within Amazon DSP the critical pipes and plumbing that orchestrates between creative selection layout configuration and rendering systems. This isnt typical frontend or backend development; its specialized ad platform engineering where your work directly impacts millions of dollars in advertising revenue.

Youll design extensible systems where configuration drives behavior at massive scale working across multiple partner team boundaries simultaneously. Our engineers operate at the intersection of distributed systems declarative rule engines and ad tech domain complexity designing clean interfaces between systems building configuration-driven architectures and making platform decisions that affect production traffic serving display video and native ad formats across Amazons advertising ecosystem.

Key job responsibilities
- Design and implement scalable system integrations and API contracts between DCO Layout Registry Tenor and rendering systems ensuring clean interfaces across team boundaries
- Develop and maintain configuration-as-code solutions including CEL rules eligibility logic AppConfig systems and layout metadata schemas while managing downstream impact on production traffic
- Build operational excellence into software development lifecycle including scoping design code testing deployment and maintenance while actively participating in code reviews and mentoring team members
- Troubleshoot cross-system issues in the ad serving pipeline tracing problems from bid requests through rule evaluation to creative rendering and painter dispatch
- Collaborate with partner teams on integration designs schema changes and technical decisions that balance customer requirements with platform scalability

About the team
Were a team of 8 engineers based primarily in Seattle owning the platform layer for Amazons REC ad creative system that powers billions of display and video ad impressions daily. We operate at the critical intersection of ad serving infrastructure and creative delivery.

Our collaborative and technically rigorous culture maintains high quality standards we own systems where mistakes have immediate revenue impact so we value engineers who verify assumptions and communicate clearly across team boundaries. Working closely with 5 partner teams we foster an environment of knowledge-sharing and technical excellence where your growth and expertise directly contribute to Amazons advertising platform innovation.

- 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
- Bachelors degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science Engineering Mathematics or a related field
- 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

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including 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 and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at WA SEATTLE - 143700.00 - 194400.00 USD annually