Software Development Engineer - Sizmek by Amazon

Job description

DESCRIPTION

This role is open to UK-based remote working.

Sizmek's Attribution & Optimisation team is focused on helping advertisers understand which advertisements, creative variations, campaigns and publisher sites are helping them to achieve their desired outcomes by analysing advertising events at extreme scale.
If you are excited to design and develop large-scale distributed systems on AWS for analysing billions of events and providing results in realtime to advertisers, this is the team for you.
In addition to reporting on attribution, this team is investing in machine learning to help advertisers optimise their campaigns. Sizmek by Amazon has an immediate need for Software Development Engineers.
Successful candidates will have an understanding of stable, scalable systems that have been successfully deployed in a business setting. You will be passionate about technology with a focus on the customer experience, great teamwork and communication skills and a motivation to achieve results in a fast-paced environment.
You will work as part of one of our small Agile teams, launching and growing new initiatives for Amazon's global business. As an engineer, you can be involved in every aspect of the process - from idea generation, business analysis and technical design through to development and deployment across a variety of technologies - giving you a real sense of ownership. Together we build systems which meet high standards of performance and reliability and operate at massive scale.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

· Experience in building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers
· Experience with distributed computing and enterprise-wide systems
· Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior management to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategy
· Hands-on expertise in many disparate technologies, typically ranging from front-end user interfaces through to back-end systems and all points in between

Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on objective criteria including your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. We welcome applications from all sections of society irrespective of colour, race, religion or belief, nationality, ethnic or national origin, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, sex, marital status, disability, age or trade union membership. Please let us know if you have any special requirements in relation to this recruitment process.

Desired profile

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

· Computer Science degree (2:1 or better), or related degree/postgraduate study. In lieu of an appropriate degree, relevant skills and experience will be considered.
· Demonstrated best-practice software engineering including some aspects of agile methodologies, unit testing, refactoring, code reviews, continuous build and deployment processes.
· Demonstrated coding skills in a language such as Java, Python, Ruby, C++ or C#
· Knowledge of computer science fundamentals including a broad range of algorithms and data-structures.
· Experience mentoring and coaching others.
· Written and verbal English communication skills.