Senior Solutions Architect, Amazon Publisher Services

Amazon · Palo Alto, CA · 3 wk ago

ConsultingFull-time

Key Job Responsibilities

Evaluate, on-board, integrate, troubleshoot, and scale advertising technology services and bidders.
Identify areas for automation, improvement, and scalability to support the technical integration backbone of Demand and Services.
Drive features to optimize partner integrations and improve operational excellence through collaboration with Engineering, Product, and Account teams.
Translate partner feedback into product and engineering requirements.
Own and analyze long-term vs. short-term opportunities and recommend trade-offs benefiting partners.
Own the technical agenda for business reviews with partners.
Produce and oversee comprehensive technical documentation to simplify and scale partner integrations.
Champion new product requirements and features for development.

Basic Qualifications

4+ years of design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures experience.
6+ years of specific technology domain areas (e.g., software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) experience.
5+ Years of hands-on experience in solutions architecture, software development, or ad ops at top-tier programmatic bidders (SSPs or DSPs).
5+ years of experience working with browser debugging tools such as Chrome Dev Tools, Charles Proxy, or Wireshark.
5+ years of experience working with client-side web technologies such as JavaScript, HTML, CSS.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in written and verbal communication skills to communicate with technical and non-technical audiences, including senior leadership.
Knowledge of programmatic advertising space, including header bidding.
Analytical and data-driven – familiarity with data analysis tools to process and analyze large data sets with AI or at least one database query language.
Familiarity with implementing and debugging OpenRTB protocol integrations.
Experience working within software development or Internet-related industries.

About the Role

Amazon Publisher Services (APS) helps digital publishers build and grow thriving businesses. We provide services and advanced technologies to web, mobile app, and advanced TV publishers to help them monetize their content with demand from multiple buyers. Our server-side header bidding solutions are fast and reliable across devices, handling billions of queries per day, delivering ads in milliseconds. The result is more profitable advertising systems for publishers and more relevant ads/content for customers.

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Solutions Architect to span across both third-party and first-party demand partner integrations across the APS ecosystem. In this role, you will oversee launching, managing, optimizing, and scaling technical integrations across third-party bidders and first-party bidders. The ideal candidate will combine proven technical management, operational development, client-communication skills, and hands-on experience with online advertising to launch and scale these partner integrations.