Amazon"s Advertising Technology team builds the technology infrastructure to manage billions of advertising queries every day. The result is better quality advertising for publishers and more relevant ads for customers. In this organization you"ll experience the benefits of working in a dynamic, entrepreneurial environment, while leveraging the resources of Amazon.com (AMZN), one of the world"s leading companies.
Amazon Publisher Services (APS) helps publishers of all sizes and on all channels better monetize their content through effective advertising. APS unites publishers with advertisers across devices and media channels. We work with Amazon teams across the globe to solve complex problems for our customers. The end results are Amazon products that let publishers focus on what they do best - publishing.
APS is revolutionizing live sports advertising with high-performance ad technology and real-time optimization across the world"s biggest sporting events. We"re building the next generation of infrastructure for live sports-tackling millisecond-critical decisioning at Amazon scale while delivering effective monetization for publishers and relevant ads for viewers.
As a Software Development Engineer, you will design and build the systems that power real-time ad decisioning for live sports at massive scale. You will work on low-latency, high-throughput services that handle millions of concurrent viewers during the world"s biggest sporting events. Your work will directly impact how ads are selected, served, and optimized in real time, delivering relevant experiences to viewers while maximizing publisher revenue.
This role involves building distributed systems that operate under strict latency constraints, developing server-side ad insertion infrastructure, implementing programmatic auction mechanics, and creating real-time bidding pipelines that process billions of requests. You will collaborate with product managers, data scientists, and fellow engineers to solve complex technical challenges at the intersection of advertising technology and live streaming.
A successful candidate is passionate about building high-performance systems, thrives on solving hard distributed systems problems, and takes ownership of their work from design through production. You write clean, maintainable code, think critically about system reliability and scalability, and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment where your contributions have direct customer impact.
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Amazon Publisher Services (APS) helps publishers of all sizes and on all channels better monetize their content through effective advertising. APS unites publishers with advertisers across devices and media channels. We work with Amazon teams across the globe to solve complex problems for our customers. Our work spans product development, technology innovation, and cross-functional collaboration as we shape the future of advertising at Amazon.