Software Development Engineer (Amazon Music)

Job description

DESCRIPTION

Amazon Music
Amazon Music is looking for a talented Software Engineer to join us in revolutionizing the digital music customer experience. You will work on Amazon's leading digital music products. We have a focus on quality, so we like modular, reusable designs, continuous integration, and automated test frameworks. At Amazon Music, our environment frees up developers to do what they do best: innovate and implement. We love to work with smart people who have a strong sense of ownership and strong engineering mindset.

You are highly-motivated and thrive in an environment where problems are open-ended. You enjoy engaging in passionate discussions and letting the best ideas rise to the top. You see your mistakes as learning opportunities and continually look for ways to improve yourself, your team and your products. You think a millisecond sounds like a really long time. You understand that not all solutions come easily and don't shy away from hard work to reach your goals. You are excited about the opportunity to engage in developing a top notch consumer application and user experience.

Position Overview

· You will be responsible for the design and implementation of software used by millions of users.
· You will be interacting and cooperating with other developers at Amazon Music.
· You will be developing a rich hybrid desktop application using advanced C++, Javascript and CSS.

Desired profile

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

· Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related field
· 1+ year(s) of development experience using C++
· Computer Science fundamentals in object-oriented design, data structures and algorithm design, and complexity analysis
· Experience developing on Windows and/or OS X.
· Familiarity with additional languages such as (Java, Perl, Ruby, etc)
· Familiarity with HTML, CSS, Javascript and general Web 2.0 techniques
· Familiarity developing with AJAX libraries and frameworks (e.g. JQuery, Underscore, Backbone, etc.)