# Emily Hilbig

> Software Developer Engineer II at Amazon Music

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/emilyhilbig

I have an extremely diverse background in both software development and product management. My industry and experiences range from large-scale Databases for the Electricity Market and Manufacturing Controls Applications for the Automotive Industry, to Web Applications for Marketing, Human Resources, and Learning Management.

## Work Experience
### Software Development Engineer @ Amazon Music
Jan 2021 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States
Senior member of the Free and Prime Music Voice team.

### Software Developer Engineer @ Amazon
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area
Served as a core contributor and founding engineer for Amazon Advertising's Private Marketplace (PMP), a programmatic platform facilitating automated real-time bidding and deal execution between ad suppliers and Amazon's Demand-Side Platform (DSP). Architected and implemented globally distributed, multi-region NoSQL indexes leveraging Amazon's proprietary distributed data store to support internationalized product catalogs and ad inventory for Amazon's advertising offerings. Collaborated closely with cross-functional teams to design and implement large-scale system changes, enabling guaranteed impression delivery for programmatic deals within Amazon's DSP. Developed and optimized high-throughput, low-latency services handling real-time bid requests and ad serving, contributing to a revenue generation of $6 million within the first quarter of launch. Utilized agile methodologies, test-driven development, and continuous integration/continuous deployment practices to ensure rapid iteration and reliable software delivery.

### Software Engineer Intern @ A9.com
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area
Developed backend micro-services and front-end tooling for Amazon’s Ad Exchange Server on A9’s AdTech team. Focused on designing reliable, large-scale, distributed solutions while managing deployment pipelines. Specific projects include implementing indexing and analysis of the server’s data using ElasticSearch and Kibana.

### Full Stack Developer @ D2L
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Kitchener, Canada Area
• Delivered client-facing features to improve D2L's primary corporate products
• Developed and tested end-to-end features using ElasticSearch, NodeJS, and Polymer
• Designed back-end solutions using Amazon's Web Services such as: ElasticSearch, Lambda, and DynamoDB
• Created pipelines to deploy, test, and monitor services in AWS using Travis, Serverless, and CloudWatch

### Product Manager @ Horizn Inc.
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Toronto, Canada Area
• Owned the product development of simultaneous projects across a diverse portfolio.
• Analyzed client requests in order to design solutions for customers.
• Wrote specifications ranging in technical detail based on audience.
• Created sprints and updated developers across all teams in order to deliver features.
• Analyzed reporting systems to develop metric tracking of KPI's for multiple clients.

### Junior Software Developer @ Ontario Die International
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016
• Researched and developed new features for ODI's control automation system 
• Developed new features to analyze and actuate CAD drawings using .NET frameworks
• Designed algorithms that greatly improve the accuracy of ODI's die manufacturing process
• Created machine vision prototypes to test improvements using the Keyence XG vision system
• Created a library to interface with the vision system using networking protocols (FTP & TCP/IP)
• Automated testing of Real Time vision software and analyzed the results

### Full-Stack Software Developer @ Achievers
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Toronto, Canada Area
• Developed back-end features in PHP using Service Oriented Architecture Principles
• Improved front-end functionality with libraries including RequireJS, BackboneJS, and JQuery
• Was highly involved in the planning and migration to React and Redux as a member of the UI Team
• Introduced and prototyped front-end unit testing for platform using Mocha with Chai assertion library
• Planned, designed and developed automated email tool for testing new email templates
• Responsible for task creation and story development in a Agile Scrum environment

### Software QA Intern @ EventMobi
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014
• Worked on small QA team writing automated test scripts for new features using RSpec
• Solely responsible for overseeing multiple releases of new features and bug fixes for all teams
• Gained in-depth understanding of Kanban and Scrum models and general agile principles
• Fixed multiple bugs in PHP code base while carrying out client requests
• Used knowledge of web-based programming to contribute to internal deployment tools

### Market Registration - Student Database Analyst @ Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO)
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014
• Developed and maintained VBA tools that were used daily by the Market Registration team
• Learned and applied advanced SQL techniques to collect data from a relational database
• Presented information to a team of engineers through tools that were intuitive and easy to understand
• Analysed results and gathered feedback from end users to improve functionality and usability of tools
• Gained crucial knowledge of the Ontario Electricity Market's policies and functionalities

### Field Marketing Representative @ Kognitive Marketing
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013
• Successfully worked on a team as well as individually to promote products
• Interfaced with head office to report sales


## Education
### Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc in Computer Engineering
University of Waterloo


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/emilyhilbig
- Website: http://emilyhilbig.com

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Last updated: 2026-03-22