Build the customer-journey automation and real-time targeting systems behind Audible's marketing platform

Audible (Amazon) is hiring a Software Development Engineer for its Marketing Technology (MarTech) team, which builds systems enabling multi-touch, personalized, timely customer messaging - including customer journey automation and real-time targeting - on AWS services like Kinesis, S3, EMR, and Elasticsearch. The JD asks for 1+ years of professional software development experience, so expect a foundational-to-mid-level bar focused on core coding, debugging, and Amazon Leadership Principles behavioral questions.

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Likely format

Amazon's standard SDE loop typically includes an online coding assessment followed by multiple interview rounds combining coding/system-design questions with Leadership Principles behavioral questions (per Amazon's well-known public hiring process).

What this interview tests

Core coding proficiency in at least one language, maintainable/testable code
Debugging methodology: code review, log analysis, metrics, troubleshooting
AWS-based data/streaming primitives (Kinesis, S3, EMR, Elasticsearch) at a working-knowledge level
Collaborating with stakeholders from requirements to shipped, tested software
Amazon Leadership Principles behavioral stories (ownership, dive deep, bias for action)