Compensation

Competitive

Contract type

Full time

Technologies & frameworks

C++
Scala
Java
Python

Benefits & perks

401k
Product impact
Health care contributions
Promote from within
Committed to a diverse team
Performance bonus
Training
Stock options
Tech socials
Maternity & paternity leave

We help grow businesses and brands of all sizes

Role overview

Job Description

Amazon's Advertising is positioned to grow its share of the online advertising industry due to its unique combination of online retail behavior data, industry-leading cloud services, and a fast-moving startup culture. In this role, you will be a technical leader with massive impact. If you are a self-starter, enjoy building large scale distributed and orchestration systems, and are intrigued by ambiguous problems, look no further.

The right candidate will possess strong technical skills with experience working on medium to large distributed services. You must be able to thrive and succeed in an entrepreneurial environment, and be eager to roll up your sleeves, dig in and get the job done. You will regularly communicate with senior management and other stakeholders on status, risks and regularly acquire executive sponsorship for cross team initiatives. You will manage and enable the developers contributing to your program to succeed at executing on project delivery. You will work on some of Amazon’s hardest problems, building high quality, architecturally sound systems that are aligned with our business needs. This is a highly visible program across multiple organizations where you will have the opportunity to have a huge impact.

Basic Qualifications

7+ years of relevant engineering experience
3+ years of people management experience, managing engineers
Experience in partnering with product and program management teams
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, or closely related field
Experience in building scalable systems based on web services
Ability to lead the design of large-scale systems and to reason about the challenges and tradeoffs

Preferred Qualifications

MS or PhD in a science or engineering discipline
Online display advertising industry experience
Proven track record of hiring and building high-performance teams and managing cross-functional projects
Ability to work in a dynamic fast-paced environment
Strong verbal and written communications skills; experience presenting complex technical information succinctly to technical and non-technical audiences
Strong proficiency with Java, Python, Scala or C++

Location

New York is the most populous city in the US with more than 8 million inhabitants. A lot of immigrants from over 180 countries live in the City. Travelers are usually attracted to its cosmopolitanism and energy. New York consists of five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, Staten Island. New York is also well-known for its cultural heritage Empire State Building, Central Park and Statue of Liberty. The City is a center for fashion, media, culture, research and a booming tech scene.

The tech scene in New York has changed a lot in recent years. A lot of the initial excitement has worn off and settled into a stable trend of successful businesses. In both 2014 and 2015, a New York City tech company went public with a valuation of over $1 billion. It is now #2 startup ecosystem in the world, with startups raising $11.5 billion in venture capital in 2017. NYC is also the HQ of choice for Spotify, Consensys and WeWork.

Did you know...

New York City’s Federal Reserve Bank holds $90 billion in gold
60M tourists visited NYC in 2016
More than 800 languages are spoken in New York City, making it the most linguistically diverse city in the world; 4 in 10 households speak a language other than English

Amazon Advertising

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Amazon Advertising helps grow businesses and brands of all sizes. We do this by giving them ad solutions and audience insights so they can create relevant campaigns that produce measurable results.