Software Development Engineer, Nota

About Amazon Advertising:

Amazon Advertising operates at the intersection of eCommerce and advertising, offering a rich array of digital display advertising solutions with the goal of helping our customers find and discover anything they want to buy. We help advertisers of all types to reach Amazon customers on Amazon.com, across our other owned and operated sites, on other high quality sites across the web, and on millions of mobile devices. We start with the customer and work backwards in everything we do, including advertising. If you're interested in joining a rapidly growing team working to build a unique, world-class advertising group with a relentless focus on the customer, you've come to the right place.

Nota Our team builds the central Brand Understanding foundation for Amazon ads and beyond. We focus on enabling Amazon brand ads businesses to align customers' brand shopping intent and brands' unique value (e.g., intelligent query/shopper-to-brand understanding, brand value/differentiator attribute extraction, and brand profile building). We provide large-scale offline and online Brand Understanding data services, powered by cutting edge Machine Learning technologies (e.g., Large-Language-Model, Multi-Modal Deep Neural Networks, Statistical Modeling). We also enables customer-brand engagement enhancement through intelligent UX and efficient ads serving.

A day in the life

Develop highly scalable offline pipeline to process millions MB per day and solve complex software systems problems by leverage state-of-the-art technology

Translate functional requirements into robust, scalable, supportable solutions that work well within the overall system architecture

Evaluate and make decisions about the use of new or existing software products and tools.

Apply machine learning and statistical model to improve predictive models and infrastructure

Apply big data technologies (Spark, PySpark, Hadoop, MapReduce, etc) to process large impression log

Have unique exposure to technologies used in search / advertising / E-commerce platforms

Work closely with our data-science and product managers to design experiments and implement end-to-end solutions

Be a member of the Amazon-wide Software Development Community, participating in internal and external MeetUps, Hackathons and Conferences

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience programming with at least one software programming language

- 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience

- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience

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

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 https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

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 Company's reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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.

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