Software Development Engineer - Goodreads

Job description

DESCRIPTION

Do you want to reinvent one of life's daily activities? Do you get excited by working in a high-growth and fast-paced environment? Amazon Kindle has reinvented reading. It is changing the way people consume digital media and continues to be one of the most innovative and fastest growing businesses at Amazon. Our Kindle Author team has a simple goal: Bring together writers and readers, give them tools, and watch them succeed.

As a Java/J2EE Developer on our team, you need to be equally comfortable writing code and defining technical architecture. You must have a deep understanding of scalable, distributed systems, service-oriented architectures, full-stack web development, and application design, as well as flexibility and a passion for learning new skills. You will be expected to work in a heterogeneous environment of different languages and technologies and bring flexibility, speed, and quality to our team. The successful candidate will thrive in a culture of experimentation and innovation, but also have a proven track record of delivering results to solve challenging problems

Desired profile

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

· Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field, with 2+ years relevant work experience
· Computer Science fundamentals in object-oriented design, data structures, algorithm design, problem solving, and complexity analysis
· Proficiency in Java or C++
· Experience in web development using AJAX, JavaScript, HTML and CSS
· Experience writing secure, high volume applications across multiple device types.