Software Development Engineer, Cinder

As a Software Development Engineer for Cinder you will (a) drive the design development and continuous improvement of our ad-serving systems via your own contribution and experimentation and (b) invent and deliver initiatives to simplify our systems reduce the unit cost to serve and improve reliability.

The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of delivering results on an ad exchange at scale be detail-oriented data-driven and possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills. You must be able to thrive and succeed in a fast-moving environment with abundant ambiguity and competing priorities. You will have technical curiosity drive for results and at the same time embody ownership at the business level and contribute to product development. You will work closely with a talented team of software engineers to innovate solutions to decrease the overall maintenance and operational overhead of our software systems. You will effortlessly collaborate across large teams navigating ambiguous situations and be customer-obsessed. You will also have an opportunity to learn new technologies and develop well-rounded skills to grow your career to a senior software development engineer.

Key job responsibilities
As an engineer on the Cinder team you will:
- Solve complex interesting problems to optimize the real-time ad serving flow and deliver impact for our customers
- Develop and maintain ad serving systems that serve multi-format ads at multi-million TPS scale while keeping costs optimal
- Own and drive your projects end to end
- Partner with other teams to guide them toward the right technical solutions
- Maintain a high technical bar for the team
- Collaborate with teammates to improve the overall ad serving ecosystem

About the team
The Cinder bidder delivers ad opportunities from Amazon-owned properties and external publishers in an efficient scalable and privacy-centric manner. The Cinder team builds and operates a high-performance (2.5M peak TPS) low-latency service that fulfills all Amazon DSP demand across multiple ad formats. The system processes hundreds of billions of requests annually while maintaining millisecond-level response latencies and meeting strict SLA requirements. As a member of the Cinder team youll have ample opportunities to take on leadership roles make a meaningful impact on Amazon DSP and grow your career.

- 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

- 4 years of full software development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing and operations experience
- Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees supervisors and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees supervisors and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal state and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct adverse and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies exercise sound judgment effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism and safeguard business operations and the Companys reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at CA Palo Alto - 165200.00 - 223600.00 USD annually
USA WA SEATTLE - 143700.00 - 194400.00 USD annually