Amazon

Software Dev Engineer, Publisher Ad Server

Amazon$143K — $194K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 1+ years of professional software development experience (non-internship)
  • Proficiency in at least one programming language
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent (preferred)

Responsibilities

  • Develop scalable ad serving mechanisms and features
  • Build software products and features from inception to deployment
  • Experiment with and enable diverse ad strategies
  • Monitor infrastructure performance metrics including throughput and latency
  • Implement automated scaling solutions for high traffic events
  • Onboard new publishers and optimize their experience
  • Ensure reliability and availability of the Publisher Ad Server ecosystem

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision)
  • 401(k) matching
  • Paid time off and parental leave
  • Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Mental Health Support
  • Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
Full Job Description
Amazon Ads - Publisher Technology (PubTech) is a new and exciting program that is building supply side technology and pioneering novel experiences for our content publishers including audio (Alexa), video (Prime Video, Twitch, Freevee, FireTV), display (Amazon.com) to aid in their selling their inventory, optimize yield, and maximize monetization. The Publisher Ad Server engineering team within PubTech is engaged in developing highly scalable ad serving mechanisms along with necessary features to serve ads.

Our scope has grown substantially and we are looking for a engineers to build best in class publisher experiences and deliver a scalable system that will delight customers worldwide.

We are looking for a Software Development Engineer who can build on our early success, pioneer new programs for customers, and help define our future. As a member of the Publisher Ad Server team, you will spend your time as a hands-on engineer directly impacting ad delivery, customer experience and revenue. You will play a key role in building software products and features from the ground up to experiment and enable different ad strategies. You will use a wide range of technologies, programming languages and systems. Your responsibilities will include all aspects of software development. You will have the freedom and encouragement to explore your own ideas and the reward of seeing your contributions benefit tens of millions of customers.

About the team

Publisher Ad Server - Infrastructure and Developer Experience team is responsible for ensuring the reliability, availability, and scalability of the Publisher Ad Server ecosystem. We own the end-to-end management of Ad Server infra, experimentation and developer experience while maintaining optimal service performance metrics including throughput and latency. The team manages critical infrastructure components across AWS services (EC2, ECS, ALB/NLB, ASGs) and monitors key operational metrics including CPU utilization, memory consumption, and cache efficiency. We ensure seamless scaling for high-traffic events and live games while maintaining robust connectivity with dependent Ads services. Our scope includes infrastructure optimization & scaling, building core experimentation capability, proactive capacity planning, and onboarding new publishers. Through comprehensive monitoring, automated scaling solutions, and streamlined deployment processes, we enable consistent service performance and operational excellence across the Ad Server ecosystem. The team serves as the cornerstone for maintaining infrastructure health and scaling readiness, particularly during high-stakes live events, Prime Day, Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

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

- Experience programming with at least one software programming language

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

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 https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, WA, SEATTLE - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually

About Amazon

Audible is a provider of spoken audio information and entertainment , on the Internet. They provide premium spoken audio content, such as audio versions of books and newspapers and radio programs, that is delivered over the Internet and played back on personal computers and hand-held electronic devices. The Audible service allows consumers to purchase and download their content from their Website, store it in digital files and play it back on personal computers and electronic devices. More than 15,000 hours of audio content are available on their Web site, including audio versions of books, periodicals and radio programs. Several manufacturers have agreed to support and promote the playback of their content on their hand-held audio-enabled electronic devices.

Amazon Careers

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