Job Description

DESCRIPTION

Would you like to be one of the leaders of a team that is solving new business challenges through innovative technology?

The Team: We are expanding our teams to support Amazon Physical Retail stores and Wholefoods. About these Amazon Core Physical Retail businesses:
Amazon Books is a brick and mortar store that offers a curated selection of books and an array of Amazon devices. It is a magical experience that combines the best parts of a neighborhood bookstore with Amazon.coms low prices and the expertise of passionate, knowledgeable staff who tailor their approach to the unique needs of each customer. You can find out more about Amazon Bookstores at https://www.amazon.com/amazonbooks.
Amazon Go is a new kind of store with no lines and no checkoutyou just grab and go! Customers simply use the Amazon Go app to enter the store, take what they want from our selection of fresh, delicious meals and grocery essentials, and go! Innovation is part of our DNA! Our goal is to be Earths most customer centric company and we are just getting started. We need people who want to join an ambitious program that continues to push the state of the art in computer vision, machine learning, distributed systems and hardware design. You can find out more about Amazon Go at https://www.amazon.com/go
This team's charter is to deliver a scalable, robust and secure device platform for our physical stores. You will be building the applications, tools and services that enable our associates to operate the stores, using a wide variety of devices such as mobile handheld devices, point-of-sale stations, demo devices, etc... You will be designing and developing the core primitives for that device platform, such as associate authentication.

The Role: We are looking for a highly motivated, versatible software development engineer with expertise in Windows development, .NET,, C as well as Java and JavaScript. Everyone on the team needs to be entrepreneurial, wear many hats and cooperate in a highly collaborative environment thats more startup than big company. As a Software Development Engineer in Amazon Books and Amazon Go, you will collaborate with a team of talented engineers to build highly-scaled, low-latency solutions for frontend (Javascript, CSS, hybrid and native Windows), middle tier (Java, Spring) and backend (non-relational databases) as well as identify and evaluate new technology options for the challenges we are trying to solve. We are looking for a smart engineer who can effectively deal with ambiguity and work independently to clarify requirements, build quick prototypes and deliver results quickly. You are excited by technology, passionate about learning and should view every customer interaction as an opportunity to create an incredible customer experience. Come join a team in which builders build software and delight customers! You will learn a ton, have fun and make a positive impact on millions of people.

In this role:
You will encounter challenging, novel situations every day and work on them in touch with with multiple technical teams across Amazon in different locations.
You'll need to be comfortable with a degree of ambiguity thats higher than most projects and relish the idea of solving problems that, frankly, havent been taken on at scale before. Along the way, we guarantee that youll learn a ton, have fun and make a positive impact on millions of people.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
Programming experience with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C including object-oriented design
1+ years of experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems.

BS/MS in Computer Science or related technical field (In lieu of degree, 5 years of relevant work experience).
Computer Science fundamentals in object-oriented low-level and high-level design, data structures, algorithm design, problem solving, and complexity analysis.
At least 5 years experience as a key member of an engineering team participating in the complete product development lifecycle of successfully launched applications.
Strong examples demonstrating past work experience, deliverables and/or innovation across a broad range of methods.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

BS/MS in Computer Science or related technical field (In lieu of degree, 5 years of relevant work experience)
Computer Science fundamentals in object-oriented low-level and high-level design, data structures, algorithm design, problem solving, and complexity analysis.
At least 5 years experience as a key member of an engineering team participating in the complete product development lifecycle of successfully launched applications
Strong examples demonstrating past work experience, deliverables and/or innovation across a broad range of methods.
Experience working in start-up mode building products and services from the ground up.
Experience with AWS cloud services
Evidence of working with existing systems; curious and able to learn new codebases
Able to deliver results in a cross-functional team, making high-quality contributions to other systems and libraries
Experience creating extensible, well-abstracted designs and driving consensus with other engineers
Able to Lead or Mentor more junior engineers

By submitting your application here, you can apply once to be considered for multiple Software Engineer openings across various Amazon teams. If you are successful in passing through the initial application review and assessment, you will be asked to submit your career and personal preferences so that our dedicated recruiters can match you to the right role based on these preferences.

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