Software Development Engineer

Job Description

The team is responsible for building Consumer experiences for the Appstore in Fire OS and Android OS. The team uses architectural and design principles to develop software platforms that handle the scale and latency constraints. Joining our team will give you endless opportunities to use your passion, ingenuity, experience, and pragmatism to build a world-class Appstore experience.We are looking for a Software Development Engineer to be part of the development of scalable software solutions and services for handling the consumer experience. Ideal candidate should be willing to to work in designing scalable and low-latency systems, working across technologies.A day in the life Solve difficult problems with elegant and practical code Utilize various metrics sources to deliver rapid iterations of software features Raise the bar on quality, consistency, maintainability, efficiency, security and all the other things that make great software Be responsible for designing, developing and deploying medium to large sized projectsAbout the hiring groupThe team is responsible for building Consumer experiences for the Appstore in Fire OS and Android OS supporting various 1P systems such as Tablets, FTV and 3P android mobile/tablets. The team uses architectural and design principles to develop software platforms that handle the scale and latency constraints. It has also developed excellent expertise in Android internals and is building innovative mobile experience, automation technologies, which help providing superb consumer experience.Job responsibilitiesJoining our team will give you endless opportunities to use your passion, ingenuity, experience, and pragmatism to build a world-class Appstore experience for tablets such as the Kindle Fire and Android-based smartphones. To be successful youll need to have lots of experience with C++ or Java, customer focus, experience of SOA, experience working with databases, experience handling scale, and excellent communication skills. You need a strong grasp of architecture and advanced engineering principles and design patterns. You must be a fast, efficient coder and make coding and design decision with multiple simultaneous dimensions in mind. You will be part of technical leadership team of Amazon Appstore development center in Chennai, India and will have the chance to lead the product architecture and team-building effort.Come join us, in building one of the most disruptive digital businesses, at the earths most customer centric company!, Programming experience with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design 2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience Programming experience with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design 1+ years of experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems. B.E/B.Tech/MCA/M.E/M.Tech/Ph.D degree in computer science or related fields, or equivalent experience, is required Bachelors/Masters in Computer Science or Engineering Strong, object-oriented design and coding skills (C/C++ and/or Java preferably on a UNIX or Linux platform) Knowledge of Perl or other scripting languages a plus Experience with distributed (multi-tiered) systems, algorithms, and relational databases Experience in optimization mathematics (linear programming, nonlinear optimization) Ability to effectively articulate technical challenges and solutions Deal well with ambiguous/undefined problems; ability to think abstractly Previous technical internship(s) preferred

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