Software Development Engineer - Sponsored Products Ads at Amazon
Software Development Engineer - Sponsored Products Ads Details
Feb. 27, 2019, 6:54 a.m.
Software Development
Self Service Performance Advertising
Seattle, Washington
Products Marketplace team Sponsored Products advertising
Amazon's Sponsored Products advertising business is one of the fastest growing areas in the company. Have you ever wondered what happens behind that “Sponsored” label you see in search results on Amazon? Frankly, there are a lot of interesting things going on. The Sponsored Products Marketplace team optimizes the systems and ad placements to match demand with supply using a combination of data-driven product innovation, machine learning, big data analytics, and low latency/high-volume engineering. By the time organic search results are ready, we've processed all of the potential ads and determined which ones are going to be shown. We do that billions of times per day, and that results in millions of engagements with products that might otherwise not have been seen by shoppers. The business and technical challenges are significant. Fortunately, we have a broad mandate to experiment and innovate, and a seemingly endless range of new opportunities to build a big, sustainable business that
· Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field · 3+ years professional experience in large-scale, data-intensive backend software engineering · Proficiency in fundamentals in object-oriented design · Proficiency in fundamentals in data structures · Proficiency in fundamentals in algorithm design, data modeling, problem solving, and complexity analysis · Proficiency in at least one modern backend programming language such as Java, Python, Scala, or Go · Proficiency in common software testing strategies such as unit, integration, load, performance, and A/B testing · Proficiency in software