Job Description

DESCRIPTION

Amazon Photos helps consumers preserve and re-live their memories. The service comes with unlimited photo storage for Prime members and apps are available on iOS, Android, Web, Desktop, Fire Tablet & Fire TV. The service is also integrated into Alexa devices such as Echo Show and Echo Spot. Amazon Photos is the latest digital offering to consumers released on the heels of the Amazon Music and Amazon Video offerings. We have ambitious goals to scale growth and adoption of the service around the world and delight our customers with a great product.

We are looking for an innovative Software Development Engineer for the Amazon Prints team. Amazon Prints helps customer relive their memories in physical form by purchasing Photo books, Wall Art through mobile and web applications. In this role, you will be solving problems on both the client side and server side to deliver the best printing experience for the customer. You will be part of a full-stack development team, leveraging Java and JavaScript programming languages and AWS services in a fast-paced, start-up like environment with business experiencing a massive growth.

What we are looking for: You are an innovative Software Engineer who has worked on building large scale client or service software. You are comfortable diving into cutting edge technologies to solve business problems. You are a strong communicator, working closely with other teams to deliver results. You mentor junior team members, engage in the hiring process and insist creating new standards across the team. You are excited to work on a small, nimble and growing team.

What you will do: When given a business problem, you will work with the Senior and Principal Engineers to create a technical strategy and deliver with limited guidance. You have a high attention to detail, working closely with product and technical partners to create meaningful change. You solve complex architecture and business problems. Your solutions are extensible and you work to simplify, optimize, and remove bottlenecks. You focus on end to end architecture. You mentor team members and help grow the team.

Why you want to be on the Amazon Photos team: We solve challenging problems at the intersection of digital and e-commerce, that require innovation, scaling to meet the needs of our growing customer base. We are an inclusive team which delivers products which impact and delight millions of customers!

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.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

3+ years of experience in web technologies and distributed system design and architecture
Experience building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers
Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
Ability to take a project from scoping requirements through actual launch of the project
Experience in communicating with stakeholders, other technical teams, and senior management to collect requirements, describe software product features and technical design.
Experience influencing software engineering best practices within your team.
Ability to test and debug both new and legacy systems.
Meets/exceeds Amazons leadership principles requirements for this role
Meets/exceeds Amazons functional/technical depth and complexity for this role

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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