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Sr SDE, Amazon

Amazon is a leading e-commerce and technology company known for innovation in online retail, cloud computing, and digital streaming.
$151,300 - $261,500
Backend
Senior Software Engineer
In-Person
5,000+ Employees
5+ years of experience
Consumer · Enterprise SaaS
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Description For Sr SDE, Amazon

Amazon Kindle is a revolutionary reading device and one of the most innovative and fastest growing businesses at Amazon. We are seeking a passionate, qualified, hard-working, and talented software engineer who has experience building high quality mission critical software and reusable software libraries to help shape the future of eBooks. We own the design, architecture, and implementation of a platform to enable reading innovation across file formats and operating systems. Our software supports Kindle customers on all major mobile platforms.

The Software Engineer will provide technical leadership and contribute to the definition, development, integration, test, documentation, and support of Java and C++ software across multiple platforms. This hands-on position requires broad engineering competence and in-depth technical knowledge of embedded and application software development, as well as demonstrated experience successfully planning, organizing, and conducting software development projects in a dynamic environment.

Key job responsibilities:

  • Responsible for the architecture of software solutions, determining current limitations and compatibilities between subsystems, the selection of new concepts and methodology, and the development of major routines and utilities.
  • Creating new features and performance improvements
  • Preparation of technical requirements and software design specifications.
  • Understanding the internals of graphics subsystems.
  • Instilling best practices for software development and documentation, making sure designs meet requirements, and delivering high quality software on tight schedules.

This role offers the opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology in the e-book industry, contribute to the future of digital reading, and be part of a dynamic team at one of the world's leading technology companies. Join us in shaping the future of how people read and interact with digital content across various platforms and devices.

Last updated 8 months ago

Responsibilities For Sr SDE, Amazon

  • Provide technical leadership for software development projects
  • Design and implement software solutions for the Kindle platform
  • Develop reusable software libraries and mission-critical software
  • Contribute to the architecture of software solutions across multiple platforms
  • Create new features and performance improvements for Kindle software
  • Prepare technical requirements and software design specifications
  • Ensure best practices in software development and documentation
  • Deliver high-quality software on tight schedules

Requirements For Sr SDE, Amazon

Java
  • 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
  • 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
  • 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
  • Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team

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