Senior Software Engineer, Audio & Podcast Ads

Software Dev Engineer II, Audio + Podcast Ads
Job ID: 10423331 | Amazon Advertising LLC

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 focusing 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 are building a core engineering team in New York to support all new Audio + Podcast Advertising programs. We seek passionate, team‑oriented, self‑driven software builders to design and develop delightful user experiences for audio advertisers, publishers, and listeners. This is a unique opportunity 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, and work proactively to improve consistency and integration between your team’s software and related software owned by other teams.

You identify and solve web app/architecture deficiencies or bottlenecks that impede other teams’ innovation, helping your team deliver higher‑quality software faster.

You communicate your ideas effectively to achieve the right outcome for your team and customers.

You harmonize discordant views and build consensus to resolve contentious issues.

You lead design reviews for your team and actively participate in design reviews of related software at your location.

Your code, design, and implementation decisions set a great example and demonstrate best practices.

You provide insightful code reviews and take ownership of outcomes.

You actively participate in the hiring process and mentor others.

About the Team
Modern communication tools are democratizing storytelling and the audio industry is shifting to digital. We build solutions that provide programmatic and deal‑based advertising access to streaming audio and podcasts. Our supply includes Amazon Music Free streaming audio, Alexa News, 3P listening on Alexa (e.g., iHeart and Spotify), 1P podcasts owned by Wondery, 2P podcasts hosted by ART19, and 3P podcasts hosted elsewhere. Our program delivers highly relevant ads to listeners while preserving privacy for a best‑in‑class user experience.

Basic Qualifications

3+ years of professional software development experience (non‑internship).

2+ years of design or architecture experience (design patterns, reliability, and scaling) for new and existing systems.

1+ year of experience as a software development engineer or related occupation.

1+ year 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.

1+ year of Object‑Oriented Design experience.

Experience programming with at least one software programming language.

Preferred Qualifications

5+ years of full software development life cycle experience, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent.

Equal Opportunity Employer
Amazon is an equal‑opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information.

Benefits
Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including health, dental, vision, prescription, basic life & AD&DD, 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. The base salary range for this position is $158,100.00 – $213,800.00 annually. Your overall compensation will include sign‑on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs) and will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and location.

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