Software Development Engineer - Amazon Education
Posted on: 15 Feb 2021
Seattle, WA
Job Description
DESCRIPTION
Amazon Education is chartered with improving the education of students by building services that allow for creation and consumption of new learning methods that expand beyond traditional paper class materials and ebooks. If a possibility to make a positive difference in the lives of many teachers, students, and parents sounds energizing to you, then we want you on our team!
Successful candidates have a solid background in modern programming languages, distributed system design and service-oriented architecture with experience on both front end and back end systems. Experience in machine learning technologies is a plus. Equally important is the ability to multi-task, invent, create reliable and maintainable systems, lead technical investigations and find creative, scalable solutions to difficult problems.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
Candidates must have a Bachelor in Computer Science Engineering or related field.
Excellent problem solving skills.
Possess an extremely sound understanding of areas in the basic areas of Computer Science such as Algorithms, Data Structures, Object Oriented Design, Databases.
Be able to write production quality code in an object oriented language - preferably in Java in a Linux environment.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related field equivalent experience to a Bachelor's degree.
2+ years professional experience in software development
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.
Amazon.com
Seattle, WA
Amazon.com, Inc. engages in the retail sale of consumer products and subscriptions in North America and internationally. The company operates through three segments: North America, International, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) segments. It sells merchandise and content purchased for resale from third-party sellers through physical stores and online stores.
The company also manufactures and sells electronic devices, including Kindle e-readers, Fire tablets, Fire TVs, and Echo devices; provides Kindle Direct Publishing, an online service that allows independent authors and publishers to make their books available in the Kindle Store; and develops and produces media content.
In addition, it offers programs that enable sellers to sell their products on its Websites, as well as their own branded Websites; and programs that allow authors, musicians, filmmakers, skill and app developers, and others to publish and sell content. Further, the company provides compute, storage, database, and other AWS services, as well as compute, storage, database offerings, fulfillment, publishing, digital content subscriptions, advertising, and co-branded credit card agreement services.
Additionally, it offers Amazon Prime, a membership program, which provides free shipping of various items; access to streaming of movies and TV episodes; and other services. It serves consumers, sellers, developers, enterprises, and content creators. Amazon.com, Inc. has a strategic partnership with Volkswagen AG. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
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IndustryInformation Technology
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No. of Employees647,500
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Jobs Posted12764
