Software Development Engineer (Amazon Music)

Job description

DESCRIPTION

Imagine getting awesome music recommendations even though you didn't know what you wanted to listen to in this moment in time. At Amazon music it's still Day 1 for the voice-enabled and visual music experiences, and we're looking for some great engineers to help us make it even better.

Amazon Music is looking for a software engineer with a strong interest in machine learning to expand Music recommendation abilities, by working closely with a team of machine learning scientists.

As a member of the Amazon Music Recommendations Team, you will be responsible for leading the effort to invent and improve the ways that customers are engaged with recommendations in Amazon Music Unlimited, Prime Music or in their Amazon Music library. You will immerse youself in a world where one works on classifying different forms of music, and create interactive experiences to help users find the music they are in the mood for. One will work on machine learning problems for music classification, recommender systems and music information retrieval. You will improve algorithms to pick the perfect tracks, albums, playlist and stations to play, and build infinitely scalable data stores to help drive the experience.

The ideal candidate is interested in being part of a machine learning engineering and science group who deliver awesome solutions and are passionate about innovating for customers. You will have displayed a track record of success in delivering new features and products. A commitment to team work, hustle, and strong communication skills (to both business and technical partners) are absolute requirements. Creating reliable, scalable, and high performance products requires exceptional technical expertise, a sound understanding of the fundamentals of Computer Science, and practical experience building large-scale distributed systems. The person has an attention to detail to deliver solutions that delight customers.

Amazon Music

Imagine being a part of an agile team where your ideas have the potential to reach millions. Picture working on cutting-edge consumer-facing products, where every single team member is a critical voice in the decision-making process. Envision being able to leverage the resources of a Fortune-500 company within the atmosphere of a start-up. Welcome to Amazon Music, where ideas are born and come to life as Amazon Music Unlimited, Prime Music, and so much more.

Everyone on our team has a meaningful impact on product features, new directions in music streaming, and customer engagement. We are looking for new team members across a variety of job functions including software engineering/development, marketing, design, ops and more. Come join us as we make history by launching exciting new projects in the coming year.

Our team is focused on building a personalized, curated, and seamless music experience. We want to help our customers discover up-and-coming artists, while also having access to their favorite established musicians. We build systems that are distributed on a large scale, spanning our music apps, web player, and voice-forward audio engagement on mobile and Amazon Echo devices, powered by Alexa to support our customer base. Amazon Music offerings are available in countries around the world, and our applications support our mission of delivering music to customers in new and exciting ways that enhance their day-to-day lives.

Come innovate with the Amazon Music team!

Desired profile

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

· Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field
· 3+ years of software development experience using Java, C, C++ or C#
· Computer Science fundamentals in object-oriented design, data structures and algorithm design, and complexity analysis
· Ability to communicate effectively with team-members and stakeholders.