Software Development Engineer, Amazon
Android, Fire TV Experience
The largest online retailer and technology provider
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The largest online retailer and technology provider
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
1001+ employees
Company mission
To be Earth's most customer-centric company.
Role
Who you are
- Experience (non-internship) in professional software development
- Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design
- Experience designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems
Desirable
- Experience with full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
What the job involves
- Join our Berlin team! We're building Fire TV device components that help the user setup, interact, and control Fire TV devices
- We are looking for talented engineers to help Fire TV continue being the global leader in entertainment with the best experience for customers and partners, and the broadest selection of content and services
- You will be implementing core pieces of a product used every day, by people you probably know
- This is a high visibility team which owns a key piece of Fire TV technology, and we have almost complete cross-functional ownership of our components and roadmap based in Berlin (we still rely on Seattle for UX support, and continue to have close interactions with partner teams)
- Contribute to the design and implementation of features on Fire TV devices spanning all types (TVs, Sticks, Cubes, other), focusing on constantly improving the daily experience of millions of customers
- Participate in Agile development with complete team ownership of the scope and domain. Design, implement and deliver features on the Fire TV Android codebase
- We are the Fire TV organization's Berlin branch. Our 40+ member team owns both client and service implementations for a number of domain areas
- We are managed and supported by a Berlin-based leadership team, and are responsible for the roadmap we deliver to Fire TV for worldwide-spanning features
Our take
Amazon is the world's largest online retailer, and is well-known for its disruption of well-established industries. The company is present in numerous verticals, including cloud computing with Amazon Web Services, AI with its range of Alexa devices and a global marketplace more commonly referred to as 'the everything store'. Acquisitions include Ring, Twitch, Whole Foods Market, and IMDb.
More recently, Amazon has been focused on leading the "third wave in digital advertising". Many businesses are now shifting ad dollars to retailers, which before would have been spent with online media platforms. Amazon's seen great success in the space, with its revenue from advertising now higher than its Amazon Prime membership scheme, audiobooks and digital music combined. This growth is particularly impressive considering its digital ad rivals (like Snap, Alphabet, and Meta) have suffered declines due to wider macroeconomic factors and Apple's iOS privacy changes.
Despite its dominant market position, Amazon will continue to be challenged over the next decade, including sustaining AWS's cloud dominance in the face of Google and Microsoft. On top of this, the company's e-commerce division is facing profitability problems despite its 2023 post-IPO debt funding of 8 billion. It will need to find new ways to stay above their competitors.
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Insights
16% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
South Lake Union, Seattle, WA
Leadership
Jeff Bezos
(Founder & Executive Chairman)Jeff is an American business magnate, media proprietor, and investor. As well as founding Amazon, Jeff founded Blue Origin, an aerospace manufacturer and sub-orbital spaceflight services company and also owns The Washington Post.
Andy Jassy
(President & CEO)Joined Amazon as a Marketing Manager in 1997. Developed AWS with Jeff Bezos, and became CEO of Amazon in 2021.
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