Software Dev Engineer II, Creative Formats Engineering, Video @ Amazon Advertisi

DescriptionAmazon Advertising operates at the intersection of eCommerce and advertising, offering a rich array of advertising solutions with the goal of helping our customers find and discover anything they want to buy. We help advertisers reach Amazon customers on Amazon owned and operated sites, other high quality sites across the web, and on millions of Fire TVs, tablets, and mobile devices. We start with the customer and work backwards in everything we do, including advertising. If you’re interested in joining a world-class advertising team with a relentless focus on the customer, you’ve come to the right place!The Creative Formats Engineering, Video team within Amazon advertising focuses on creating and optimizing video ad user experiences that will improve Amazon users shopping journey while also helping Advertisers reach their target audience(s) at scale. We are looking for passionate, hard-working, and talented individuals to help video ads continue to grow and evolve.Key job responsibilities- Build and own high quality infrastructure and software.- Design and propose long term technical roadmaps.- Dive deep into unknown technical domains and bring the knowledge back to the team.- Develop close partnership with other teams within Amazon, engaging with the engineering community to share learnings and grow.- Mentor and influence junior engineers.- Advocate for software best practices- Dive deep into video user experiences at Amazon to understand customer and business data.- Advocate for user experiences within Amazon advertising and across Amazon.A day in the lifeAs an SDE II, you will start by learning about our existing products and technologies. You will spend most of your time tackling difficult technical challenges and implementing new features across a variety of tech stacks. You will design major parts of our software solution under the guidance of Sr. SDEs. You will influence other engineers by advocating software best practices and improving software development processes. You will start influencing product decisions by providing technical insights and suggestions. You will become an expert on (video) user experiences at Amazon, understand customer and business data, and own our operational excellence.About the teamThe Creative Formats Engineering, Video team within Amazon advertising focuses on creating and optimizing video ad user experiences that will improve Amazon users shopping journey while also helping Advertisers reach their target audience(s) at scale. We are looking for passionate, hard-working, and talented individuals to join our team of SDEs, FEEs and one corgi ("Mr. Blue"), helping us on our mission to continue to grow and evolve video ads at Amazon.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 languagePreferred 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 and optimizing for video playback.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. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit mazon.jobs/en/disability/us.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 boutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.