Software Development Engineer

Job description

DESCRIPTION

Do you want a unique, exciting opportunity to help build something from the ground up? We are looking for builders who are passionate about software development to join the Amazon Associates team. In this role, you will be a technical expert with massive impact. Your work will directly impact the success of world's largest affiliate marketing program. You will work with a diverse and multi-disciplinary team consisted of engineers and product managers.

Amazon Associates is the world's largest affiliate marketing program. It's success has been built on a rich selection of websites and blogs, all creating original content relevant to products sold on Amazon. We are passionate about building scalable, well-designed software services, and strive to constantly improve our technical foundation and user experience. We are looking for Software Development Engineer to help us build the next generation of intelligent self-service advertising tools that allow brands to work with a wide range of Associates to drive sales. As an engineer, you'll have a direct impact on your customers by making it easy and efficient for these suppliers to advertise their brands and products, increase sales and improve the Amazon shopper experience.

The ideal candidate will be an experienced developer of services and thrive on tackling some very hard problems. She/he will have great problem solving skills and love to code. She/he will have strong leadership qualities, great judgment, clear communication skills and a track record of delivering projects of significant impact. She/he will think globally when designing and building the software, ensuring the software is evolving in the right long term direction while bringing value to customers iteratively. She/he likes to work with a wide array of technology (services, front-end, data mining) rather than specialize in one particular area.

Desired profile

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

· Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent experience
· Solid understanding of Computer Science fundamentals like object-oriented design, data structures, algorithm design, problem solving, and complexity analysis
· 3+ years of software development experience, including Java and/or C++.
· Strong verbal and written communication skills
· Experience designing and implementing distributed systems