Software Development Engineer II

Job description

DESCRIPTION

The Automated Advertising organization manages some of Amazon's largest marketing channels worldwide. We bring prospective customers who are starting their shopping journey on search engines to Amazon through our sophisticated software systems. The Search Engine Optimization team is currently looking for a talented Software Development Engineer to shape our next-generation automated closed-loop optimization system. The vision of the system is to maximize Amazon's rankings and visibility on search engines through the use of data mining, machine learning, web development, natural language processing, and other advanced techniques.

As a Software Development Engineer, you will be a major contributor to the team. You will oversee the design and development of features, systems and services that span the entire stack, which will give you the opportunity to work with a wide range of technologies. You will work with a team of smart engineers to build large-scale, distributed systems and build solutions that will help customers to find what they're looking for in the most scalable ways. You will collaborate directly with business leaders and have direct influence over the technical direction of the team. Given the scale and the complexity of Amazon's website platform and architecture, our problem space is truly unique and challenging. This position will give you the opportunity to work with some of the brightest minds in the field, learn about how Amazon optimizes its search rankings, collaborate with other development teams, work closely with machine learning scientists, drive innovations and make improvements that touch millions of customers.

Responsibilities:
· Design and build features and components that are a part of large-scale, closed-loop optimization systems that power the Amazon websites
· Develop smart decision engines based on heuristics and ML models developed by machine learning scientists
· Own the delivery of end-to-end, full stack solutions
· Make sound engineering decisions and improve software development practices
· Build analytics platforms to process large volumes of traffic data, trends in search terms, and other key metrics
· Build experimentation frameworks to drive continuous testing of SEO concepts
· Contribute to the team's technical roadmap and vision

Desired profile

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

· Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or other related fields
· 2+ years of industry experience in software engineering
· Knowledgeable in scalable distributed systems and Big Data platforms
· Fluent in Java or C++
· Strong Computer Science fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, architecture, OO design)
· Experience in leading large-scale, data-driven optimization systems
· Good oral and written communication skills