Description
Amazon Ads is seeking a full-stack Software Development Engineer to join the Reach Extension team in Edinburgh, Scotland. The team builds innovative advertising products that help advertisers reach and engage millions of Amazon customers across every stage of their journey. We’re looking for engineers with an interest in front-end development using React and TypeScript, as well as those passionate about building highly scalable backend services with Kotlin and AWS, leveraging advanced technologies such as generative AI and machine learning.
This role offers end-to-end ownership, spanning technical design, implementation, and operational support, along with direct impact on customer advertising success. You’ll be involved throughout the full product lifecycle—from idea generation to delivery and ongoing support—while meeting high standards for performance, accuracy, and reliability at 24x7, global scale. While the work is technically challenging, the greatest impact comes from building intuitive products through iteration, collaboration, and teamwork. You’ll both learn from and contribute to an exceptional, diverse team of world-class engineers from around the globe.
Key job responsibilities
* Deliver; design, build, test, and operationally support product features writing both client- and server-side code in React, TypeScript, Kotlin and Elasticsearch, using AWS services.
* Customer obsession; develop an understanding of our advertising customers, from marketing managers to marketing directors and brand owners. Advocate what we should prioritise to help deliver value.
* Collaborate; work with specialists from a range of disciplines including UX designers, product managers, programme managers, and engineers from a range of partner teams.
* Iterate; find better ways to deliver, improve our testing practices, revise our architecture as needs change or better ways are found.
