Software Development Engineer, Kindle

Job description

DESCRIPTION

Our mission is to have every book in every language available in 60 seconds or less. The Kindle Store team plays a key role in making this vision happen by providing the shopping experience that helps customers discover the next book to read. We are looking for a creative, deeply technical and customer-obsessed SDEs to implement new technology solutions that define the future of digital shopping.

Customers shop for Kindle books from a variety of surfaces including desktops/laptops, Kindle eInk devices, Fire Tablets and phones, from their mobile browser on their iOS phones and tablets to Android devices. We provide shopping experience for customer no matter where they are and what device they have. Each of these devices have different capabilities and form factors. We create services that provide consistent information while providing custom experience for the device the customer is using.

We are looking for a passionate, talented, and innovative SDE who enjoys solving difficult problems and delivering high-performance, highly-available, and extremely scalable systems. The SDE has an opportunity to implement projects related to new caching mechanisms, latency goals, scaling for high transactions, and optimization of shopping experience for various form factors.

If you are a sharp software engineer with a creative flare, with a solid software engineering and computer science foundation, and desire to be a leader in delivering the next generation technology, we want to talk with you. Joining our team provides the unique challenge and opportunity to develop cutting edge software that shapes the industry. The ideal candidate will draw upon exemplary analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills, and an entrepreneurial spirit with a strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive.

This role will have a profound impact on millions of readers. Come help us reinvent shopping for books!

Amazon is an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer -- Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation

Desired profile

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

· BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent.
· 3+ years of industry experience.
· Experience in OOP, Java or C++, Perl, and Web development (AJAX, JavaScript, HTML, CSS), highly scalable systems, device development and performance testing.
· 4+ years of industry experience in object-oriented design and software construction in Java or C++.