Software Development Engineer , Apm Twitch Advertising

Amazon Amazon · Big Tech · Seattle, WA · Software Development

Software Development Engineer role at Amazon's Twitch Advertising team, focused on building advertising experiences. Responsibilities include inventing new ad formats using generative AI, architecting high-scale real-time ad decisioning systems, driving measurement and performance, and enabling the creator economy through APIs and AI-powered analysis for safety and brand suitability.

What you'd actually do

  1. Invent New Ad Formats - Design and implement next-generation interactive experiences including gameplay demos, rewarded viewing, vertical video ads optimized for mobile, and creative optimization tools using generative AI to help advertisers craft authentic messages for gaming audiences.
  2. Architect High-Scale Systems - Build distributed systems processing billions of real-time ad decisioning requests with <100ms latency, design supply optimization algorithms balancing guaranteed deals and programmatic demand, implement dynamic allocation intelligently shifting inventory between demand sources, and create robust forecasting and pacing systems ensuring multi-million dollar deal delivery.
  3. Drive Measurement & Performance - Build first-party audience targeting using Twitch's unique behavioral signals, develop conversion tracking connecting ad exposure to downstream outcomes, and implement real-time reporting dashboards for campaign optimization.
  4. Enable Creator Economy - Design APIs and tools empowering creators to monetize through sponsorships while maintaining community trust, build measurement frameworks proving creator influence on advertiser KPIs, create safety and brand suitability systems using AI-powered analysis, and develop self-service platforms scaling sponsorship programs from manual to automated.

Skills

Required

  • 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
  • Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
  • Experience programming with at least one software programming language

Nice to have

  • 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

What the JD emphasized

  • generative AI
  • AI-powered analysis
  • real-time ad decisioning requests
  • billions of real-time ad decisioning requests

Other signals

  • invent new ad formats using generative AI
  • build distributed systems processing billions of real-time ad decisioning requests
  • develop conversion tracking connecting ad exposure to downstream outcomes
  • implement real-time reporting dashboards for campaign optimization
  • create safety and brand suitability systems using AI-powered analysis