Sr. Software Development Engineer, Sponsored Products

DESCRIPTION

Calling all inventors to work on exciting new opportunities in Sponsored Products. Amazon is building a world class advertising business and defining and delivering a collection of self-service performance advertising products that drive discovery and sales of merchandise. Our products are strategically important to our Retail and Marketplace businesses, driving long-term growth. Sponsored Products (SP) helps merchants, retail vendors, and brand owners grows incremental sales of their products sold on Amazon through native advertising. SP achieves this by using a combination of machine learning, big data analytics, ultra-low latency high-volume engineering systems, and quantitative product focus. We are a highly motivated, collaborative and fun-loving group with an entrepreneurial spirit and bias for action. If you are looking to make an impact, this is the team for you. You will join a newly-founded team with a broad mandate to experiment and innovate, which will give you the flexibility to develop systems and services from the ground up. You will have the satisfaction of seeing your work improve the experience of millions of Amazon shoppers while driving quantifiable revenue impact. You will lead design/architecture efforts across the full-stack, partner with scientists to develop ML systems, and be a force-multiplier for other engineers on the team. Most importantly, you will have an opportunity to grow and broaden your technical skills as you work in an environment that thrives on creativity, experimentation, and collaboration. We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations: Seattle, WA, USA

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
- 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team