114 Lead Developer jobs in Santa Monica
Senior Manager, Software Engineering - Streaming Backend Quality
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Technology is at the heart of Disney's past, present, and future. Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is a global organization of engineers, product developers, designers, technologists, data scientists, and more - all working to build and advance the technological backbone for Disney's media business globally.
The team marries technology with creativity to build world-class products, enhance storytelling, and drive velocity, innovation, and scalability for our businesses. We are Storytellers and Innovators. Creators and Builders. Entertainers and Engineers. We work with every part of The Walt Disney Company's media portfolio to advance the technological foundation and consumer media touch points serving millions of people around the world.
**Here are a few reasons why we think you'd love working here:**
+ **Building the future of Disney's media:** Our Technologists are designing and building the products and platforms that will power our media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come.
+ **Reach, Scale & Impact:** More than ever, Disney's technology and products serve as a signature doorway for fans' connections with the company's brands and stories. Disney+. Hulu. ESPN. ABC. ABC News.and many more. These products and brands - and the unmatched stories, storytellers, and events they carry - matter to millions of people globally.
+ **Innovation:** We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms, and solve complex and distinctive technical problems.
Product Engineering is a unified team responsible for the engineering of Disney Entertainment & ESPN digital and streaming products and platforms. This includes product engineering, media engineering, quality assurance, engineering behind personalization, commerce, lifecycle, and identity.
**Job Summary:**
The DEEP&T Quality & Insights team is seeking a **Senior Manager,** **Software Engineering** who has a true passion for solving problems and growing talent. This senior manager will lead a team that develops automation, processes, and infrastructure to ensure the quality of the backend API's and data systems that support the Disney streaming service ecosystem. We are looking for an engineering leader who is excited to push the envelope and grow with our team. We are a fast-paced group that takes extraordinary pride in creating innovative, effective, and efficient test automation solutions using cutting edge tools and constantly improving upon them.
As a member of our team, you will strive to accomplish the following goals:
+ Motivating and managing multiple quality teams, building skills, and driving positive employee engagement.
+ Ensuring successful product launches and on-time delivery.
+ Providing strategic input on future initiatives with cross-functional stakeholders.
+ Contributing to the design, implementation, and maintenance of test automation frameworks, infrastructure, and associated execution environments.
+ Being a member of the larger Quality Engineering team, increasing quality through innovation, collaboration, curiosity and thoughtful debate.
+ Contributing to the successful implementation of solutions for complex technical problems across DEEP&T engineering teams, driving the deployment of Disney backend and guest-facing products at Disney Quality.
**Responsibilities:**
+ Manage multiple agile globally distributed teams of full-time and contracted engineers.
+ Set and manage team expectations and OKRs.
+ Report on project and team progress to both internal and external stakeholders.
+ Collaborate with product, program, engineering, and operations on the quality delivery of supported products.
+ Drive the planning, design and implementation of both short-term and long-term projects.
+ Support budget and resource planning needs.
+ Successfully analyze and resolve complex problems, leading and coordinating across both internal and external teams & stakeholders.
+ Mentor and guide managers, leaders and senior engineers.
+ Guide and direct a cohesive technical direction for the teams, supporting and performing code and architecture reviews when needed.
**Basic Qualifications**
+ Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Computer and/or Electrical Engineering, or comparable field of study and/or equivalent years of work experience
+ 10+ years of progressive experience in software development or automated testing.
+ 3+ years of management or people leadership experience.
+ Expertise in at least one of the following programming languages: Node/JavaScript, Java, Python.
+ Experience with system and unit testing frameworks, SDLC tools such as Jira and Confluence, version control systems (e.g. Git), and CI/CD tools and pipelines.
+ Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.
+ Highly skilled in project management practices, leading quality teams, mentoring people and technology leaders, and setting technical direction.
+ Organized, detail-oriented and able to deliver project tasks on time.
+ Highly motivated, self-starting individual with strong verbal and written communication skills who can successfully communicate up, down, and across.
**Preferred Qualifications**
+ Experience developing or testing media streaming technologies and applications.
+ Experience working with Agile methodologies.
+ Experience in mobile application development and testing.
+ Experience with developing applications in cloud platforms (e.g., AWS), leveraging standard ecosystem tools such as Kafka, Amazon SQS, and Kinesis.
+ Working knowledge of web accessibility fundamentals.
+ Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Spinnaker, and CI/CD systems.
+ Experience with test suite/case/run management tools (e.g., JIRA Xray, etc.).
+ Experience with Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning tools and models, and their relevant application in software development and testing.
The hiring range for this position in Los Angeles, CA is $184,300 - $247,100 per year. The base pays actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered
**Job ID:**
**Location:** Santa Monica,California
**Job Posting Company:** Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology
The Walt Disney Company and its Affiliated Companies are Equal Employment Opportunity employers and welcome all job seekers including individuals with disabilities and veterans with disabilities. If you have a disability and believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or apply for a position, email with your request. This email address is not for general employment inquiries or correspondence. We will only respond to those requests that are related to the accessibility of the online application system due to a disability.
Senior Software Development Engineer, Amazon MSK
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Come build the future of data streaming with the Amazon Managed Streaming for Kafka (MSK) team!
We are seeking builders for our Amazon MSK service, a fully managed service that makes it easy for customers to build and run applications that use Apache Kafka to process streaming data. We are looking for engineers who are enthusiastic about data streaming, and are as passionate about contributing to open source as they are about solving real customers' business needs, at AWS scale.
As a member of the Amazon MSK team, you will be making contributions to the entire stack - the APIs and the workflows that make up the MSK service, the core Kafka platform, and stand-alone tools that make it easier for Kafka community to operate Kafka better. Upstream compatibility is a core tenet of MSK. Your code changes to the Kafka platform will be released back to open source. As a member of an AWS service that builds on top of a popular open source technology, this is a unique opportunity to work on a team that straddles both worlds - open source and Amazon-internal software. You will design and build new features, make performance improvements, identify and investigate new technologies, prototype solutions, build scalable services, and test and review changes, to deliver an exceptional customer experience.
The ideal candidate has experience designing large-scale systems supporting millions of transactions per second, enjoys solving complex software problems, and possesses analytical, design and problem-solving skills. Ideally you have an in-depth understanding of streaming data technologies like Amazon Kinesis or Apache Kafka, and experience with open-source data processing frameworks like Apache Spark, Apache Flink, or Apache Storm. Your responsibilities will include collaborating with other engineers to build a large scale AWS service, and work with senior leaders to define your team's roadmap, including identifying design and code changes needed in the underlying open source platforms.
Learn more about Amazon MSK: - AWS re:Invent 2018: Amazon Managed Streaming for Kafka (Amazon MSK) Launch
* AWS re:Invent 2020: How Goldman Sachs uses an Amazon MSK backbone for Transaction Banking Platform
* AWS re:Invent 2020: How New Relic is migrating its Apache Kafka cluster to Amazon MSK
* AWS re:Invent 2021: How Coinbase uses Amazon MSK as an event store for applications
* MSK Tiered Storage: Optimize cost and improve Kafka scalability
* AWS re:Invent 2023: How Rivian builds real-time analytics from electric vehicles
Utility Computing (UC)
AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations - from foundational services such as Amazon's Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWS's services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization, you'll support the development and management of Compute, Database, Storage, Internet of Things (Iot), Platform, and Productivity Apps services in AWS, including support for customers who require specialized security solutions for customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services.
About the team
About AWS
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating - that's why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn't followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don't let it stop you from applying.
Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there's nothing we can't achieve in the cloud.
Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS, it's in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
Mentorship & Career Growth
We're continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth's Best Employer. That's why you'll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
Basic Qualifications
- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
- 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team
Preferred Qualifications
- 5+ 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
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company's reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit for more information. If the country/region you're applying in isn't listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $151,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $261,500/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.
Senior Software Development Engineer, Amazon Ads
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Application deadline: Dec 17, 2025
The Cinder team in Amazon Ads operates at high scale, with high expectations. We own the core bidding systems that deliver ads to Amazon's owned and operated properties and external publishers, focused on scalability, extensibility, and privacy and balancing the needs of advertisers, publishers and consumers. Our real-time systems service hundreds of billions of ad requests daily, with response latencies measured in milliseconds. Our off-line systems process millions of configuration changes daily that our customers expect to see live in minutes.
The Amazon Ads business is an exciting fast-paced environment, and our team is no exception. The service and solutions we produce are used by dozens of internal business teams, as well as Amazon customers: publishers, broadcasters, and advertisers. As we scale, there are continually opportunities to refine and improve our systems. Every contributor on the team has a chance to have a material impact on our business.
Key job responsibilities
As a senior Software Development Engineer for Cinder, you will (a) partner with teams across the organization worldwide to build robust scalable extensible solutions to realize their goals, (b) drive the design, development, and continuous improvement of our ad-serving systems via your own contribution and experimentation and the leadership of others, and (c) invent and deliver initiatives to simplify our systems, reduce the unit cost to serve, and improve reliability.
The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of delivering results on an ad exchange at scale, be detail-oriented, data-driven, and possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills. You must be able to thrive and succeed in a fast-moving environment with abundant ambiguity and competing priorities. You will be able to understand the goals, priorities, and technical challenges of the Cinder team, and apply them to design decisions, and understand and translate customer needs into technical details. You will anticipate obstacles and make trade-offs, manage escalations, and balance business needs versus technical constraints. You will have excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to operate effectively at different levels, from driving cross-functional collaboration, to working directly with and influencing engineer teams.
Basic Qualifications
- 6+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
- 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience with full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team
Preferred Qualifications
- 5+ years of programming using a modern programming language such as Java, C++, or C#, including object-oriented design experience
- Experience building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers
- Experience building high-performance, highly-available, and scalable distributed systems, in a UNIX environment
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company's reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit for more information. If the country/region you're applying in isn't listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The Colorado base pay for this position ranges from $168,100/year up to $27,400/year. The National base pay for this position ranges from 151,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to 261,500/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.
Software Development Engineer, AWS Managed Streaming Kafka
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Come build the future of data streaming with the Amazon Managed Streaming for Kafka (MSK) team!
We are seeking builders for our Amazon MSK service, a fully managed service that makes it easy for customers to build and run applications that use Apache Kafka to process streaming data. We are looking for engineers who are enthusiastic about data streaming, and are as passionate about contributing to open source as they are about solving real customers' business needs, at AWS scale.
As a member of the Amazon MSK team, you will be making contributions to the entire stack - the APIs and the workflows that make up the MSK service, the core Kafka platform, and stand-alone tools that make it easier for Kafka community to operate Kafka better. Upstream compatibility is a core tenet of MSK. Your code changes to the Kafka platform will be released back to open source. As a member of an AWS service that builds on top of a popular open source technology, this is a unique opportunity to work on a team that straddles both worlds - open source and Amazon-internal software. You will design and build new features, make performance improvements, identify and investigate new technologies, prototype solutions, build scalable services, and test and review changes, to deliver an exceptional customer experience.
The ideal candidate has experience designing large-scale systems supporting millions of transactions per second, enjoys solving complex software problems, and possesses analytical, design and problem-solving skills. Ideally you have an in-depth understanding of streaming data technologies like Amazon Kinesis or Apache Kafka, and experience with open-source data processing frameworks like Apache Spark, Apache Flink, or Apache Storm. Your responsibilities will include collaborating with other engineers to build a large scale AWS service, and work with senior leaders to define your team's roadmap, including identifying design and code changes needed in the underlying open source platforms.
Learn more about Amazon MSK: - AWS re:Invent 2018: Amazon Managed Streaming for Kafka (Amazon MSK) Launch
* AWS re:Invent 2020: How Goldman Sachs uses an Amazon MSK backbone for Transaction Banking Platform
* AWS re:Invent 2020: How New Relic is migrating its Apache Kafka cluster to Amazon MSK
* AWS re:Invent 2021: How Coinbase uses Amazon MSK as an event store for applications
* MSK Tiered Storage: Optimize cost and improve Kafka scalability
* AWS re:Invent 2023: How Rivian builds real-time analytics from electric vehicles
Basic Qualifications
- 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
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language
Preferred Qualifications
- 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
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company's reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit for more information. If the country/region you're applying in isn't listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223,600/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.
Sr. Software Development Engineer, Amazon Advertising Creative X
Posted 3 days ago
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Amazon Advertising operates at the intersection of eCommerce and advertising, offering a rich array of advertising solutions with the goal of helping our customers find and discover anything they want to buy. We help advertisers reach Amazon customers on Amazon owned and operated sites, other high quality sites across the web, and on millions of TV, tablet, and mobile devices. We start with the customer and work backwards in everything we do, including advertising. If you're interested in leading a world-class organization with a relentless focus on the customer, you've come to the right place!
Our team within the Creative X org is focused on creating an engaging user experience through content and interactivity enrichment, while helping advertisers reach their target audience at scale. We're seeking a principal software development engineer to architect, lead, and influence critical initiatives that will shape the technical direction across multiple teams. As a Senior SDE, you will:
- Define and drive technical strategy and architecture at the organizational level, making high-impact decisions that influence multiple teams and services
- Build and lead multiple teams of engineers, fostering a culture of engineering excellence and innovation
- Design and oversee the implementation of large-scale distributed systems
- Partner with senior leadership to define long-term technical vision and roadmaps that align with organizational objectives
- Establish and champion best practices in software development, including architectural patterns, testing frameworks, and operational excellence
- Identify strategic technical opportunities and risks at the organizational level
- Drive cross-organizational initiatives and build consensus across multiple stakeholder groups
- Influence technical decisions beyond your immediate organization through thought leadership and mentorship
- Lead the evaluation and adoption of new technologies that can provide strategic advantages
You will be instrumental in shaping the technical direction of Amazon Advertising's content and metadata systems while delivering scalable solutions that enhance customer experience. This role requires exceptional technical leadership, extensive system design expertise, and the ability to drive organizational-level technical strategy while balancing immediate business needs. You'll be expected to make significant architectural decisions while building and leading high-performing engineering teams.
Key job responsibilities
- Lead and define technical architecture across our organization, making strategic decisions that influence the broader advertising technology ecosystem
- Establish and drive engineering excellence at scale by defining architectural principles, engineering standards, and best practices that span multiple teams
- Build and develop technical leadership across teams, mentoring engineers and technical leads while fostering a culture of innovation and excellence
- Own the technical strategy and execution of major initiatives that span multiple teams, from conception through successful deployment
- Partner with leadership to shape product strategy and technical direction, providing architectural vision and guidance that aligns with long-term business objectives
- Design and architect distributed systems at scale while ensuring reliability, performance, and cost efficiency across the organization
- Lead organization-wide technical forums and architecture reviews, driving alignment and consensus across multiple stakeholder groups and technical leaders
- Identify strategic technical opportunities and risks at the organizational level, developing comprehensive plans to address them before they impact business outcomes
- Build and maintain strong partnerships across organizations, influencing technical decisions and driving integration of complex systems at scale
- Define and implement operational excellence standards across multiple teams, establishing best practices for system observability, reliability, and incident management
- Drive technological innovation at scale by evaluating emerging technologies and architectural patterns, making strategic recommendations that provide competitive advantages
- Influence product and technical roadmaps beyond immediate team boundaries, ensuring technical decisions support broader organizational goals
- Lead resolution for critical production issues, establishing processes to prevent future occurrences
A day in the life
* Write/review code, lead design discussions, and ultimately deploy robust and high impact services.
* Work with stakeholders to find and implement solutions
* Mentor junior engineers, raise the team's engineering practice bar, and help build/grow the team.
Basic Qualifications
- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
- 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team
Preferred Qualifications
- 5+ 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
- Experience in Ads technology and product
- Experience in building and integrating with high-scale services
- Knowledge of software development methodology and tools, with demonstrated experience in a developer role
- Excellent communication, collaboration, reporting, analytical and problem solving skills
- Experience with building accounting automation services
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company's reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit for more information. If the country/region you're applying in isn't listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $151,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $261,500/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.
Sr. Software Development Engineer, Amazon Advertising Creative X
Posted 3 days ago
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Job Description
Amazon Advertising operates at the intersection of eCommerce and advertising, offering a rich array of advertising solutions with the goal of helping our customers find and discover anything they want to buy. We help advertisers reach Amazon customers on Amazon owned and operated sites, other high quality sites across the web, and on millions of TV, tablet, and mobile devices. We start with the customer and work backwards in everything we do, including advertising. If you're interested in leading a world-class organization with a relentless focus on the customer, you've come to the right place!
Our team within the Creative X org is focused on creating an engaging user experience through content and interactivity enrichment, while helping advertisers reach their target audience at scale. We're seeking a principal software development engineer to architect, lead, and influence critical initiatives that will shape the technical direction across multiple teams. As a Senior SDE, you will:
- Define and drive technical strategy and architecture at the organizational level, making high-impact decisions that influence multiple teams and services
- Build and lead multiple teams of engineers, fostering a culture of engineering excellence and innovation
- Design and oversee the implementation of large-scale distributed systems
- Partner with senior leadership to define long-term technical vision and roadmaps that align with organizational objectives
- Establish and champion best practices in software development, including architectural patterns, testing frameworks, and operational excellence
- Identify strategic technical opportunities and risks at the organizational level
- Drive cross-organizational initiatives and build consensus across multiple stakeholder groups
- Influence technical decisions beyond your immediate organization through thought leadership and mentorship
- Lead the evaluation and adoption of new technologies that can provide strategic advantages
You will be instrumental in shaping the technical direction of Amazon Advertising's content and metadata systems while delivering scalable solutions that enhance customer experience. This role requires exceptional technical leadership, extensive system design expertise, and the ability to drive organizational-level technical strategy while balancing immediate business needs. You'll be expected to make significant architectural decisions while building and leading high-performing engineering teams.
Key job responsibilities
- Lead and define technical architecture across our organization, making strategic decisions that influence the broader advertising technology ecosystem
- Establish and drive engineering excellence at scale by defining architectural principles, engineering standards, and best practices that span multiple teams
- Build and develop technical leadership across teams, mentoring engineers and technical leads while fostering a culture of innovation and excellence
- Own the technical strategy and execution of major initiatives that span multiple teams, from conception through successful deployment
- Partner with leadership to shape product strategy and technical direction, providing architectural vision and guidance that aligns with long-term business objectives
- Design and architect distributed systems at scale while ensuring reliability, performance, and cost efficiency across the organization
- Lead organization-wide technical forums and architecture reviews, driving alignment and consensus across multiple stakeholder groups and technical leaders
- Identify strategic technical opportunities and risks at the organizational level, developing comprehensive plans to address them before they impact business outcomes
- Build and maintain strong partnerships across organizations, influencing technical decisions and driving integration of complex systems at scale
- Define and implement operational excellence standards across multiple teams, establishing best practices for system observability, reliability, and incident management
- Drive technological innovation at scale by evaluating emerging technologies and architectural patterns, making strategic recommendations that provide competitive advantages
- Influence product and technical roadmaps beyond immediate team boundaries, ensuring technical decisions support broader organizational goals
- Lead resolution for critical production issues, establishing processes to prevent future occurrences
A day in the life
* Write/review code, lead design discussions, and ultimately deploy robust and high impact services.
* Work with stakeholders to find and implement solutions
* Mentor junior engineers, raise the team's engineering practice bar, and help build/grow the team.
Basic Qualifications
- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
- 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team
Preferred Qualifications
- 5+ 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
- Experience in Ads technology and product
- Experience in building and integrating with high-scale services
- Knowledge of software development methodology and tools, with demonstrated experience in a developer role
- Excellent communication, collaboration, reporting, analytical and problem solving skills
- Experience with building accounting automation services
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company's reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit for more information. If the country/region you're applying in isn't listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $151,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $261,500/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.
Appian Lead Developer
Posted 19 days ago
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Maximus is looking for an experienced Appian developer to join our team!
Maximus TCS (Technology and Consulting Services) Internal Job Profile Code: TCS153, T3, Band 6
Job-Specific Duties and Responsibilities:
- Participate in the analysis, design, development, and testing of applications
- Work with teams to review and verify the implementation of applications according to design best practices, performance, and security
- Support data migration activities such as mapping data elements, using ETL tools, and writing stored procedures to migrate data between various databases
- Support the preparation and maintenance of application and security documentation as requested by clients
- Implement functionality and troubleshoot issues using a basic understanding of web development languages, protocols, and technologies (HTML, CSS, HTTP, JSON)
- Collaborate with internal teams, partners, and client resources on project-related tasks to meet delivery dates
-Develop custom-built applications for public sector clients as well as provide thought leadership, guidance, and assistance in helping shape and grow the Appian Automation services.
Job-Specific Minimum Requirements:
- Due to federal requirements, this position requires candidates to be citizens of the United States, without sponsorship now or in the future. Candidates will be required to obtain a government-sponsored clearance.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
- 5+ years of experience in Appian, building solutions and delivering mission-critical applications leveraging Appian platform 17.x and above
- 5+ years' experience in HTML, HTML5, CSS, JSON, XML, Java Script, Ajax
- 2+ years of relational database experience
- 2+ years of O&M project experience
- Experience in version control systems and code repositories such as Git preferred
Minimum Requirements
TCS153, T3, Band 6
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience utilizing AI within Appian, e.g. chatbots, process automation, document extraction and classification, etc.
- Experience with Technology services, Information technology or similar industry.
- Experience with Agile framework - Certified Scrum Master or SAFe Agile framework certification is preferred.
- Experience with data analysis using tools such as SQL, MS Excel.
- 1+ year of Federal Government contracting experience preferred
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EEO Statement
Maximus is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected characteristics.
Pay Transparency
Maximus compensation is based on various factors including but not limited to job location, a candidate's education, training, experience, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value analysis including seniority and merit systems, as well as internal pay alignment. Annual salary is just one component of Maximus's total compensation package. Other rewards may include short- and long-term incentives as well as program-specific awards. Additionally, Maximus provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays and paid time off. Compensation ranges may differ based on contract value but will be commensurate with job duties and relevant work experience. An applicant's salary history will not be used in determining compensation. Maximus will comply with regulatory minimum wage rates and exempt salary thresholds in all instances.
Accommodations
Maximus provides reasonable accommodations to individuals requiring assistance during any phase of the employment process due to a disability, medical condition, or physical or mental impairment. If you require assistance at any stage of the employment process-including accessing job postings, completing assessments, or participating in interviews,-please contact People Operations at .
Minimum Salary
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100,000.00
Maximum Salary
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140,000.00
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Lead Software Developer
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At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. We're committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that's welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us.
The Boeing Company is looking for a **Lead Software Developer** to join the Ground Software Engineering team located in **El Segundo, CA** . This position will focus on supporting the Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) Satellite Systems Software Engineering organization.
Our team creates the software tools and services for the world's highest performing satellite/ground systems for USG and Commercial customers. This role will be part of Boeing's recently awarded ESS program.
This exciting position requires demonstrated experience with the software development full life cycle (requirements, design, code, test, review), ability to lead a team with clear exhibition of superior judgment and decision making to engineer new solutions and support existing capabilities for multiple software programming projects. Demonstrated critical thinking and troubleshooting skills are required.
**Responsibilities:**
+ Apply advanced job principles, theories, and concepts to develop highly advanced satellite ground real time software
+ Recognize and act as an expert and technical lead engineer within the product, providing guidance and mentorship to other engineers.
+ Focus on collaborating across multiple teams and working on an Integrated Product Team (IPT)
+ Initiate assignments and determine technical objectives to achieve desired results, often acting independently to uncover and resolve issues.
+ Lead software development, facilitate code reviews, and provide technical guidance on software standards and design principles.
+ Develop information that extends knowledge in a given field, forming the basis of newly developed concepts, theories, and products.
**This position is expected to be 100% onsite. The selected candidate will be required to work onsite at one of the listed location options.**
**Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):**
+ 5+ years of experience developing complex software applications and algorithmic solutions
+ 5+ years of experience leading software development
+ 5+ years of experience with modern programming and scripting languages such as C++, Java, JavaScript, Perl, Python, Visual Basic
+ 1+ years of experience in a cloud computing environment e.g. Azure/AWS/Google Cloud
+ Ability to obtain a DoD Secret Clearance (Interim prestart, final post start)
**Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):**
+ Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology (including manufacturing engineering technology), chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science, or computer science.
+ Level 5 & 6: 10 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience
+ Strong technical aptitude and experience leading teams in delivering quality software
+ Experience with full software development lifecycle that includes requirements analysis through formal qualification
+ Experience in coaching teams with software best practices, design principles, and coding standards.
+ Active U.S. Top Secret / SCI Security Clearance
**Travel:** 10%
**CodeVue Coding Challenge:**
To be considered for this position you will be required to complete a technical assessment as part of the selection process. Failure to complete the assessment will remove you from consideration.
**Relocation:**
This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility. Note: Basic relocation will be offered for eligible internal candidates.
**Drug Free Workplace:**
Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace (DFW) where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies.
**Pay & Benefits:**
At Boeing, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage and retain the top talent. Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.
The Boeing Company also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work.
The specific programs and options available to any given employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
Pay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.
Summary Pay Range/p4 Lead: $136,850 - $85,150
Summary Pay Range/p5 Lead: 167,450 - 226,550
Applications for this position will be accepted until **Nov. 03, 2025**
**Export Control Requirements:** This position must meet export control compliance requirements. To meet export control compliance requirements, a "U.S. Person" as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.15 is required. "U.S. Person" includes U.S. Citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.
**Export Control Details:** US based job, US Person required
**Relocation**
This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.
**Security Clearance**
This position requires the ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship. An interim U.S. Secret Clearance Pre-Start and final U.S. Secret Clearance Post-Start is required.
**Visa Sponsorship**
Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.
**Shift**
This position is for 1st shift
**Equal Opportunity Employer:**
Boeing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
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- Lead the development of decentralized applications (dApps), ensuring seamless integration with smart contracts and off-chain components.
- Design and implement robust blockchain architectures, focusing on scalability, security, and performance.
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- Research and evaluate new blockchain technologies, tools, and frameworks to stay ahead of the curve.
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- Foster a collaborative and productive remote development environment.
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. A minimum of 5-7 years of experience in software development, with at least 3-5 years specifically focused on blockchain technology and smart contract development. Proficiency in smart contract programming languages (Solidity required; experience with Rust, Vyper, or others is a plus). Deep understanding of blockchain fundamentals, consensus mechanisms, cryptography, and tokenomics. Experience with popular blockchain frameworks and tools (e.g., Hardhat, Truffle, Web3.js, Ethers.js). Proven experience in designing and building scalable and secure dApps. Strong knowledge of different blockchain networks and their ecosystems. Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and debugging skills. Strong communication and collaboration abilities, with experience working in a remote team. Familiarity with agile development methodologies. Experience with DeFi protocols or NFTs is highly desirable. This is an exceptional opportunity to lead innovation in the rapidly evolving world of blockchain and contribute to transformative projects.
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