Software Development Engineer, Video Ads, APM FAST - Amazon

Description The APM FAST (Free Ad Supported Television) team focuses on growing and monetizing our collection of free streaming publishers which includes PV FAST Channels & FTV Channels. As these FAST publishers invest in content and marketing to drive viewership (reach), we unlock advertising monetization on this viewership via industry leading solutions. To accomplish this mission, we are looking for a Software Development Engineer who can build on our early success, pioneer new inventory share innovations to grow content selection for customers, and improve streamer engagement through better Ad CX by influencing across in-house advertising technologies including supply & demand side platforms, identity services, database, big data, device/application-level services, and more. This is a unique opportunity to monetize on this untapped supply of linear publishers by building solutions to increase advertiser spend through novel deals and auctioning. You will need to consider scale and locale specific features as we expand Fire TV Channels to international locales. You will unwind current integration across multiple Amazon ad systems, and influence the vision, capabilities and architecture in its infancy. To be successful in this role, you are customer obsessed and have deep technical acumen to build scalable technical designs, implementation and thought leadership that contributes to the success of both our internal and external customers. You are a technical leader with track record of shipping highly scaled software infrastructure and work with wide range of technologies, programming languages and systems. You ship error free software and own the day to day maintenance and evolution of systems that serve the needs of our growing base of customers. We are looking for a leader who can thrive in a startup environment, embraces complexity and ambiguity, can move fast, and be responsible for all aspects of software development. If you are interested in making huge impact on a rapidly expanding team, come join us as we work hard, have fun, and make history. Key job responsibilities * Understand the fundamentals (and tradeoffs) of Amazon's advertising stacks and related industry standards. * Drive technical solutions/architecture for advertising workflow that can scale to server similar use cases. * Lead the design of large components, get hands on and write code, and ultimately deploy successful enterprise-level systems that can be leveraged for a broad set of use cases. * Decompose complex problems into simple, straight-forward solutions with a bias toward standards based and flexible designs. * Develop a strong engineering culture of rapid experimentation, measurement, and iteration. * Build relationships and earn trust with partner teams. 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 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 - Familiarity with linear and video-on-demand (VOD) advertising models - Experience with distributed computing and enterprise-wide systems - Experience in building significant modules for complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, 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.