Job description

The Audio + Podcast Advertising program supports the growth of Amazon Music Free, Wondery, ART19, Twitch, and Alexa. We started our Audio advertising program in 2021 with a focus on Streaming Audio and Podcasts. Our vision is to build a world class audio advertising program and deliver more than $1B in revenue by 2030. We're building a core engineering team in New York to support all new Audio + Podcast Advertising programs. We're looking for passionate, team-oriented, and self-driven software builders to design and develop delightful user experiences for audio advertisers, publishers and listeners. This is a unique opportunity and time to get in early and deliver significant portions of the technical roadmap. Key job responsibilities - You lead the design, implementation, and delivery of software in ambiguous and complex problem spaces (at the team level). - You think in terms of architecture, not just code. You proactively work to improve the consistency and integration between your team’s software and any related software (owned by other teams). - You take the lead in identifying and solving web app/architecture deficiencies or areas where your team’s software bottlenecks the innovation of other teams. You help your team deliver higher quality software faster (or fail faster to get to the right solution). - You are able to communicate your ideas effectively to achieve the right outcome for your team and customer. - You harmonize discordant views and lead the resolution of contentious issues (build consensus). - You lead design reviews for your team and actively participate in design reviews of related software or other team software at your location. - Your code, design, and implementation decisions set a great example to others and demonstrate best practices. - You provide insightful code reviews and take ownership of outcome. - You actively participate in the hiring process as well as mentor others About the team Modern communication tools are democratizing story telling and the audio industry is shifting to digital. We build solutions providing programmatic and deal-based advertising access to streaming audio and podcasts. Our supply includes Amazon Music Free streaming audio listening, Alexa News, 3P listening on Alexa (e.g. iHeart and Spotify), 1P podcasts (Owned and Operated by Wondery), 2P podcasts hosted by ART19 (Amazon’s Hosting Provider), as well as 3P podcasts hosted elsewhere. Our program delivers highly relevant ads to audio + podcast listeners while preserving listener privacy to provide a best in class user experience. - 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 - 1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience - 1+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using: C#, C++, Java, or Perl experience - 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience - Experience programming with at least one software programming language - 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 an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit amazon.jobs for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner. 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 amazon.jobs . USA, NY, New York - 158,100.00 - 213,800.00 USD annually

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Key job responsibilities
You lead the design, implementation, and delivery of software in ambiguous and complex problem spaces (at the team level).
You think in terms of architecture, not just code. You proactively work to improve the consistency and integration between your team’s software and any related software (owned by other teams).
You are able to communicate your ideas effectively to achieve the right outcome for your team and customer.
You harmonize discordant views and lead the resolution of contentious issues (build consensus).
You lead design reviews for your team and actively participate in design reviews of related software or other team software at your location.
Your code, design, and implementation decisions set a great example to others and demonstrate best practices.
You provide insightful code reviews and take ownership of outcome.
You actively participate in the hiring process as well as mentor others
About the team
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
1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience
1+ years of designing and developing large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using: C#, C++, Java, or Perl experience
1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience
Experience programming with at least one software programming language
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 an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
USA, NY, New York - 158,100.00 - 213,800.00 USD annually

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