Senior Software Development Engineer, Books Recommendation Experiences
DESCRIPTION
The Amazon Books Recommendation Experiences team seeks talented individuals to develop innovative book discovery solutions powered by ML and Data Science technologies. The team helps millions of readers find their next great read, enabling seamless discovery, purchase, and access to a vast library of books across all formats. They're focused on creating personalized experiences that connect readers with books that match their interests.
A Software Development Engineer (SDE) at Amazon works to solve challenges on a global scale, owns their systems end to end and influences the direction of our technology that impacts hundreds of millions of customers around the world. At Amazon an SDE can expect to design flexible and scalable solutions, and work on some of the most complex challenges.
Key job responsibilities
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will lead designing, developing and launching highly scalable software components. You will be responsible to decompose a business problem into clear technical designs, making trade-offs on technologies, mitigate risks early and lead implementation with the help of other engineers. You will be working with engineers, scientists and product manager to build software workflows. You will have opportunities to mentor other software engineers and also show influence on other projects in the organization. You will have lots of opportunities for new project ideas to influence the team’s technical and business strategy.
A day in the life
* Design, develop, and launch highly scalable software components that power our personalized book discovery experiences
* Collaborate closely with Applied Scientists, Data Engineers, and Product Managers to design and implement offline workflows and machine learning algorithms
* Develop and maintain software services, workflows, and data processing pipelines that handle millions of books in our dataset
* Mentor and guide other software engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and innovation
* Influence the team's technical and business strategy by proposing and driving new project ideas
* Contribute to the full software development lifecycle.
About the team
You'll be joining a diverse and dynamic team of engineers, scientists, UX designers, data engineers, and product managers. We're dedicated to creating interactive experiences that help customers find relevant books faster and discover surprising titles. Our projects combine great customer experiences with personalized algorithms, and we're looking for someone who can help drive innovation in this space.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 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
- Proven track record of collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams, including data scientists and product managers.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 7+ 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
- Demonstrated experience in building and maintaining large-scale infrastructure for ML models, online recommendations, or ranking systems.
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $151,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $261,500/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.