Sr. Software Development Engineer

Sr. Software Development Engineer - Product Ads

Title: Sr. Software Development Engineer - Product Ads Company: Amazon Location: Seattle, WA Job Status / Type: Reference Code: 170712 Contact Information Company: Amazon URL: www.amazon.com Amazon hires people from all types of backgrounds, into positions based all over the world. We recruit the best and Brightest. Come Make History With Us! At Amazon, we strive to be Earth's most customer-centric company where people can find and discover anything they want to buy online. Amazon's evolution from Web site to e-commerce partner to development platform is driven by the spirit of innovation that is part of our DNA. We hire the world's brightest minds, offering them an environment in which they can relentlessly improve the experience for customers. We do this every day by solving complex technical and business problems with ingenuity and simplicity. We're making history and the good news is that we've only just begun. Sr. Software Development Engineer - Product Ads Job Description Product Ads is a high-profile, strategic business unit, with support and interest from all parts of Amazon and top management. We are a highly motivated, collaborative and fun-loving team building a high growth business. We are entrepreneurial and have a bias for action with a broad mandate to experiment and innovate. This is an opportunity to make a significant impact on the future of the Amazon vision. Our systems power a high-growth advertising businesses. We serve and respond to hundreds of billions of requests annually, and have ambitions to grow that number several orders of magnitude, while maintaining response latencies in the milliseconds and meeting strict SLA requirements. Our systems and algorithms operate on one of the world's largest product catalogs and it is quite routine for our systems to operate on massive datasets using distributed frameworks. We consistently strive to improve the customer search and browse experience. As a Software Engineer at Amazon, you will drive the technical direction of our offerings and solutions, working with many different technologies. You will design and code, troubleshoot and support. What you create is also what you own. A successful candidate will have the satisfaction of seeing their work on the Amazon.com website and numerous other websites, where it will be viewed by tens of millions of customers and will drive quantifiable revenue impact, broaden their technical skills and work in an environment that thrives on creativity, experimentation, and product innovation. Basic Qualifications * Bachelors in Computer Science or related field * 3+ years of experience in software development and full product life-cycles * Coding skills in Java and/or C++ coupled with strong base in object-oriented design and development * Strong proven ability in building high-performance, highly-available and scalable distributed systems. * Experience with object oriented design and development * SQL and data modeling skills * Proficiency with at least one of these scripting languages: Perl / Python / Ruby / shell script * Experience in building solutions of sizable scope and complexity Preferred Qualifications * Master's degree in computer science with 5+ years of relevant industry experience or PhD * 5+ years of experience in software development and full product life-cycles * 1+ year of MySQL or similar database experience * Strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive * Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and designing for performance, scalability, and availability * Experience with UI frameworks such as Spring MVC, GWT, jQuery, Swing, etc * Experience with Amazon Web Services * Familiarity with Pay for performance Ad model and the Internet advertisement industry * Highly innovative, flexible and self-directed * Knowledge of HTTP Protocol, REST, XML, J2EE, JavaScript a plus Posted Date: 3/23/2012 Company: Amazon Corporate LLC E-mail Address: Forgot your password? Password: Login Not a member yet? Sign up now for your FREE Dice Account! Rate Job Positive Neutral Negative Misrepresented job Pays below market level Not a real job Position no longer available Other Please Provide an Explanation (400 character limit) Security Check: The question below helps prevent the use of automated programs. Five + 2 is what? Refresh Question Follow Amazon Connect with Amazon