Principal Engineer, FTVX Team (Whole World)

This Principal Engineer role at Amazon's Fire TV team in Berlin focuses on developing technologies for streaming media devices and TVs. The position involves working with a wide range of technologies including native Rust development, OS and device firmware integration, Android components, communication technologies (Matter, BLE), mobile/web apps, AWS services, and Alexa. The role centers on improving customer experience in connecting and configuring streaming media devices for optimal content enjoyment.

The successful candidate will be responsible for helping teams achieve greater velocity in delivering customer-facing features while ensuring sustainable long-term innovation. This includes simplifying feature development, scaling systems to support growth, innovating with new technologies, removing bottlenecks, improving reliability, and re-architecting systems to reduce operational burden.

The Berlin Fire TV Experience team handles all aspects of customer interaction with content consumption, serving as a key entry point for the business. Their components influence both customer enjoyment and Fire TV's profitability, focusing on connecting, enabling, configuring, and informing customers throughout their streaming experience.

The ideal candidate should possess a deep, well-rounded technical background in current software disciplines, mastery of software fundamentals, and the ability to drive engineering decisions that enhance both developer and customer experience. Strong collaboration and communication skills are essential, as is the ability to effectively transfer knowledge across teams.

This role offers the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies in streaming media, contribute to systems that impact millions of users globally, and shape the future of home entertainment technology. The position combines technical leadership with hands-on development, requiring both strategic thinking and practical implementation skills.