Do you love sports? How about advertising? If you answered yes to both, here is a great opportunity!

Advertising in Live Events is looking for a software development manager (SDM) to lead a talented group of engineers based in New York City. The team designs and builds complex yet elegant distributed software systems that serve the needs of ad buyers, monetize publisher ad inventory, and delight viewers watching live events.

As an SDM, you will lead the team to build software to onboard and manage live events properties such as football, basketball, tennis, music concerts, hockey etc. You will drive technical strategy and architecture spanning ad campaign management, monetization, ad delivery, reporting, billing and ad operations. As owner of end to end orchestration of the ad stack, you will work closely with business teams, product managers, engineers, and partner teams to create and drive plans that effectively monetize publisher inventory while balancing both advertiser and audience experiences. Your strong coaching and mentoring skills will help you develop individuals in your team, fostering innovation, and creating a high-performance collaborative development environment.

The successful candidate is expected to have deep software engineering, project management, and people management skills. They must possess strong verbal and written communication skills, be self-driven, and have the ability to deliver high quality results in a fast paced environment. We are looking for someone that is customer-obsessed and has a passion for advertising.

Advertising in Live Events is part of Amazon Advertising with a top tier culture and talented team members who take great pride in their work. In this role, you will have significant impacts on Amazon's business, advertisers, publishers, and customers. If you are looking for the next challenge in your career, this is it!


- 3+ years of engineering team management experience
- 7+ years of engineering experience
- 8+ years of leading the definition and development of multi tier web services experience
- Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software/hardware/networks development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, certification, and livesite operations
- Experience partnering with product or program management teams

- Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior leadership to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategy
- Experience in recruiting, hiring, mentoring/coaching and managing teams of Software Engineers to improve their skills, and make them more effective, product software engineers

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $166,400/year in our lowest geographic market up to $287,700/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.