Software Development Engineer, Amazon
Ambient FTV
$129.3-223.6k
Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package
Office located in Sunnyvale, CA
The largest online retailer and technology provider
Be an early applicant
The largest online retailer and technology provider
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$129.3-223.6k
Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package
Office located in Sunnyvale, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
Amazon aims to be Earth’s most customer centric company. Their mission is to continually raise the bar of the customer experience by using the internet and technology to help consumers find, discover and buy anything, and empower businesses and content creators to maximise their success.
Role
Who you are
- We are looking for passionate, hard-working, and talented software engineer with experience working on Android, that can help develop and enhance the Ambient experience on Fire TV
- A successful candidate will have an established background in developing user-facing experiences, strong technical abilities, excellent task management skills, great communication skills, and a motivation to achieve results in a high impact environment
- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language
- Professional experience in software development building production software systems preferably in a computer-graphics related field (VFX, Games, Film, Motion Graphics)
- Solid background in computer graphics fundamentals
- Broad knowledge of emerging platforms, C/C++, Java, Android, Linux, operating system principles, and programming best practices
- Solid understanding of core embedded software development tenets including resource management, graphics, efficiency, economy of power, thermal considerations, and memory footprint
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or related field
Desirable
- Master's degree in Computer Science, preferably with a specialization in Computer Graphics
- Experience with Unreal, Unity, or equivalent renderers
- Experience with Python/C++/C#/Java
- Experience with low-level graphics debugging and optimization, including familiarity with surface and window management
- Experience developing on embedded platforms and devices
- Experience in applying open-source technologies
- Experience leading and delivering complex software systems
- Experience with rapid prototyping and evaluation of customer applications
What the job involves
- In Fire TV, we are building exciting experiences and driving new customer interactions with our popular and growing entertainment platform and want to find someone passionate about creating awesome products
- Here you will drive key engineering and business decisions that impact Amazon’s long-term vision, which includes rapid expansion and innovation in the delivery of media entertainment through Alexa and other means
- Develop Android application software for product initiatives
- Investigate, prototype, and deliver new and innovative software applications
- Deliver high quality software through working in a dynamic, team-focused Agile/Scrum environment
- Write clean, maintainable code and perform peer code-reviews
- Work with other team members to investigate design approaches, prototype new technology and evaluate technical feasibility
- Establish architectural principles, select design patterns and then mentor team members on their appropriate application
- Work closely with internal teams to prioritize, design and build custom applications
- Interact directly with internal and external partners to identify app requirements
- As a Mid-level Software Developer, you will be a tech lead for a team of engineers in design, development, and testing of a range of products and features
- You will be helping to hire and develop your team and systems
- Prioritize well, communicate clearly, and have a consistent track record of delivery
- Contribute to the overall systems development lifecycle of key product subsystems
- Manage and execute against project plans and delivery commitments
- Manage day-to-day activities within an Agile/Scrum environment
- Work closely with the engineers to architect and develop the best technical design and approach
- Report on status of development, quality, operations, and system performance to management
- Participate in Agile development with complete team ownership of the scope and domain. Design, implement and deliver features on the Fire TV Android codebase
- You collaborate with the internal and external engineering teams, work with PMs and own the delivery of the feature that you own
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 benefits
- Employees have opportunities to own Amazon stock, participate in 401(k) plans with company match, and enroll in paid life and accident insurance
- Financial counseling and estate planning services are also available, plus paid short-term and long-term disability if needed
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage to all our regular full-time employees, regardless of their level, tenure, or position
- Amazon employees have free access to a network of more than 2 million caregivers, including nannies, babysitters and special-needs caretakers
- Employees receive discounts on certain day care centers, and Amazon provides a variety of free resources for parents of children with autism, ADHD and developmental disabilities
- Adoption assistance for qualified domestic and international adoption expenses including attorney fees, court costs, and travel
- Leave Share program allows employees to give six weeks of paid parental leave to a spouse or partner who isn’t eligible for parental leave from their employer
- Amazon Care's virtual services are available in all 50 states, and in-person care is active in Seattle, Washington, D.C., Arlington, Baltimore, Boston, Dallas, Austin, and Los Angeles, with 20+ more markets coming online in 2022 alone
- 20 weeks of paid leave to birthing mothers and six weeks for parents who adopt
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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