Software Development Engineer - FBDA, Fire TV Channels
DESCRIPTION
Do you want to re-invent how 10s of millions of people enjoy shows and movies on their TVs and Tablets?
Fire TV Channels is free ad-based short/medium for content app on Amazon Fire TV, the #1 streaming media player with tens of millions of monthly active users, and Amazon Fire Tablet. Fire TV Channel's mission is to make watching content customers love effortless and fun for them to enjoy all of their entertainment so it becomes part of their daily habit for relaxing, being entertained, and spending time with family and friends.
Key job responsibilities
Your opportunities with our team will include:
• Build full-stack technology and services that must scale to support millions of users – we operate at Amazon scale, designing and deploying software that is enjoyed by millions of customers globally.
• Inventing a delightful experience for our customers that utilizes Android, cloud services, frontend and backend technologies.
• Defining and implementing novel customer experiences and product direction through collaboration with Product, UX and other engineering teams.
• Delivering high quality software through working in a dynamic, team-focused Agile/Scrum environment.
A day in the life
We are looking for an innovative Software Development Engineer II who wants to have outsize impact. As a Software Engineer on this team, you will define and build innovative consumer product experiences with a direct impact on the design, architecture, and implementation of flagship products that customers love and use every day. You’ll be part of a triple digit growth opportunity working with talented engineers to build delightful user experiences and full-stack technology and services (including customer experience) that must scale to support tens of millions of users. The ideal candidate will have industry-leading programming skills, a deep understanding computer science fundamentals, and be conversant up the software stack.
About the team
The FBDA team combines advertising and mobile technologies, smart TVs and Alexa to help our customers discover and engage with content and help Amazon to lower the prices. We operate at Amazon scale, designing and deploying software that is enjoyed by over 50MM active users globally. We solve significant customer problems in the consumer electronics space through devices, mobile applications, and machine learning.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language
- Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- Experience with React Native.
- Experience with working on customer devices on Android platform.
- Strong coding, algorithm, and debugging fundamentals. · Experience developing, releasing, and maintaining a high volume embedded system.
- Experience developing on cloud based infrastructure.
- Willingness to roll up one’s sleeves to get the job done.
- Positive attitude and professional demeanor.
- Experience influencing software engineering best practices within your team.
- Passion for digital entertainment, including TV and Movies.
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.