Amazon

DESCRIPTION

Amazon Advertising is seeking a Software Development Engineer (SDE) to join our dynamic organization. As one of the fastest-growing businesses at Amazon, we are revolutionizing how advertisers connect with customers across Amazon's retail websites, devices, and third-party tools.

The Ads Console Security team owns critical security infrastructure that safeguards Amazon's advertising platform through robust authentication and authorization systems. Our charter encompasses internal user security, sign-in experiences, and Single Sign-On (SSO) solutions that protect advertising services and sensitive data. We build and maintain scalable security systems that enable secure access while ensuring seamless user experiences.

We are looking for an exceptional engineer who thrives on solving complex security challenges and can drive technical innovation in a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate should have deep expertise in designing distributed systems with a strong focus on security, scalability, and reliability. You should excel at navigating ambiguous problem spaces, making sound architectural decisions, and leading high-impact technical initiatives. As a member of the team, you will not only architect and implement robust security solutions but also influence technical strategy, mentor other engineers, and collaborate with teams across Amazon to elevate our security standards. This role offers the opportunity to make significant contributions to critical infrastructure that secures one of Amazon's fastest-growing businesses.

Key job responsibilities

• Actively take part in concept development and idea generation.
• Build and iterate that express design intent, using the best and most appropriate tools and techniques for the task.
• Be able to work creatively through and around perceived limitations and/or challenges imposed by the delivery platform to create delightful experiences for customers.
• Effectively manage dependencies and bottlenecks, anticipate and make tradeoffs, balance the business need versus technical constraints while building great customer experience
• Effectively present work to all levels of the leadership.
• Be an effective collaborator in a cross-functional team of SDMs, TPMs, FEEs, SDEs and PEs
• Mentor and develop junior developers.
• Own all operational metrics for your product

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• 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
• Experience building scalable infrastructure software with a distributed systems, with a service based approach.
• Experience defining system architectures and exploring technical feasibility tradeoffs.
• Experience developing cloud software services and an understanding of design for scalability, performance and reliability.
• Development experience defining, developing and maintaining REST based interfaces

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
• Experience developing cloud software services and an understanding of design for scalability, performance and reliability.
• Excellence in technical communication with peers and non-technical cohorts
• Demonstrated ability to mentor other software developers to maintain architectural vision and software quality
• Strong sense of ownership, urgency and drive
• Demonstrated ability to achieve stretch goals in a highly innovative and fast pace environment

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223,600/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 https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.