Senior SDE - Amazon Business (AB) Search, AB Buying Journeys: Search
DESCRIPTION
1. The Amazon Business Search team:
Amazon Business Search is a group of seasoned engineers, product managers, designers and scientists driven to redefine how business customers discover products for work. Our vision is to make Amazon Business the default product discovery destination for businesses. We will provide business customers with the relevant products to their job function and create shopping experiences that will be unparalleled. Amazon Business is a marketplace on Amazon.com that combines the selection, convenience and value customers have come to know and love from Amazon, with new features and unique benefits that address the needs of businesses.
2. The challenges we tackle:
As with every project within Amazon, we work backwards from our customer's needs and the challenges they have. Our team tackles some of the toughest problems in retail search for businesses:
• Streamline the discovery and purchase experience for products across Amazon.com and remove all stress in the process. It will be as easy to discover and purchase “the one”.
• Inspire our customers with beautiful experiences and relevant products.
• Personalize customer experience to help them find useful products that match their preferences, interests and job functions.
• Provide expert advice and information that help guide our customers in their decision-making process.
• Allow customers to create their personal work preferences and use that to influence the website's shopping experience.
• Improve the customer's search experience on the website by providing intelligent filter using user profile, their industry and job function.
3. The Technology:
In order to achieve our vision, we think big and tackle technology problems that are innovative. Where technology does not exist, we will build it. Where it exists, we will need to modify it to make it work at Amazon scale. As the problem is so wide and the team new, we need members who are passionate and willing to learn:
· Search – We build core product search and discovery technology to produce the most relevant and accurate results for our customers pertaining to their business.
• Amazon scale systems. All of our technology needs to work at Amazon scale, serving business customers with millisecond level latencies.
• Big data & analytics. Amazon is data driven and a strong data backbone is necessary in our systems. We build upon core AWS services such as EC2, S3, DynamoDB, etc. If you are interested in learning or gaining expertise, join us.
• Personalization and machine learning. All technologies will be used in experiences adapted to what customer need, want or prefer. We work with advanced machine learning technologies to tackle these problems.
• User interface & web development. We will create beautiful and dynamic frontend experiences that requires deep knowledge of relevant technologies such as AngularJS, JQuery, Horizonte, AUI, etc.
Key job responsibilities
- Writing solid code, making smart design decisions and building scalable software services.
- Work across Amazon to creatively leverage existing services and APIs for our product
- Work with category leaders and product managers to build features used by millions of people every day, and be proud of it.
- Solve complex problems that have a large and direct impact to customers and high visibility
About the team
Why Amazon Business?
Amazon Business is one of the fastest growing business units inside Amazon. AB combines the selection, convenience and value customers have come to know and love from Amazon, with new features and unique benefits tailored to the needs of businesses.
Amazon Business provides easy access to hundreds of millions of products and a variety of benefits, including business-only pricing and selection, single- or multi-user business accounts,
Business Prime, approval workflow, purchasing system integrations, payment solutions, dedicated customer support and more. Amazon Business is currently available in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Japan, India, Canada and Mexico
Diverse Experiences
Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.
Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AB, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
Mentorship and Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team
- Experience leading the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems
- Experience in professional, non-internship software development
- Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design
- Experience in development in the last 3 years
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- Experience with full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice (https://www.amazon.jobs/en/privacy_page) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.
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