Sr Software Development Engineer, Front End - Ad Technology Job Listing at A9.com in Palo Alto, CA (Job ID a9-1322618252435)

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Sr Software Development Engineer, Front End - Ad Technology
A9.com, headquartered in Palo Alto, CA, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Amazon.com. We are dedicated to the continued development of powerful, intelligent and intuitive search and advertising technologies that make it easy to locate products and services.
As a small office, we have a culture of creative problem-solving, intellectual design, fast-paced development and passionate, customer-centric product delivery. Plus, as a subsidiary, we have the longevity and resources of a larger company to deploy technology at enormous scale, reaching millions of users.
As a Sr Front-End Software Engineer, you will:
* Design, develop, launch and support code for generating advertisements and measuring performance on Amazon.com and related mobile and international sites
* Run regular A/B experiments to measure the impact of your optimizations
* Integrate with external services to gather data and improve ad relevance
* Decrease latency and optimize the user experience
What you need:
* 3 or more years of front-end experience, preferably on a high traffic website
* Significant experience with either Javascript or jQuery
* Experience with at least one scripting language (PHP, Perl, Python or similar)
* Experience with multi-threaded programming
* Experience with Java (or similar)
* An understanding of server side software, scalability, performance and reliability
* Bachelor''s degree or Master's degree in a technical field, preferably computer science
You are going to love this job because you will:
* Work at the intersection of two of the leading Internet business models: Advertising and Retail
* Have a significant and measurable impact on the bottom line
* Work on high-impact initiatives that reach large audiences
* Work alongside other top-notch engineers, product managers and business owners on web-scale products and technologies
* Have access to the vast technical tools and resources of Amazon.com
Just submit your applicationonline, and we’ll take it from there.