The role
From Amazon's own posting.
Want to work on one of the highest priorities across Amazon Ads? This is your chance to have a positive impact on millions of Amazon customers worldwide while working with industry-leading technologies. We're growing an engineering team to support the Twitch Ads business that powers the advertising experience for millions of viewers and streamers daily. We're looking for a passionate, team-oriented, and talented Software Development Engineer with experience building innovative, sophisticated platforms and experiences that customers love. This is a unique opportunity to get in early and drive significant portions of the technical roadmap.
Key job responsibilities
This role requires programming ability and a demonstrated track record of technical excellence. As an engineer, you will be instrumental in building low-latency, highly scalable systems enabling thousands of concurrent advertisers to design and deliver unique user experiences to millions of customers. You will lead all aspects of the software lifecycle: design, experimentation, implementation and testing. You will succeed in these endeavors by combining your technical experience with your ability to listen to, learn from, and communicate with a diverse group of collaborators.
A day in the life
You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams including product managers, designers, and fellow engineers to build advertising solutions that scale. Your day involves writing code, reviewing designs, participating in technical discussions, and solving complex problems that directly impact millions of Twitch viewers and streamers. You'll work with industry-leading technologies while contributing to systems that handle massive scale and low-latency requirements.
About the team
Our team powers the advertising experience for Twitch, one of Amazon's highest priority initiatives. We're building the infrastructure and platforms that enable advertisers to reach millions of engaged viewers while maintaining the quality experience streamers and their communities expect. We value innovation, collaboration, and technical excellence, and we're looking for engineers who are excited to shape the future of advertising on one of the world's largest live streaming platforms.
- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 3+ years of Object Oriented Design experience
- 3+ 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
- 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
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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 https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits .
USA, NY, New York - 158,100.00 - 213,800.00 USD annually