Software Development Engineer, Amazon
Frustration Free Setup
$129.3-223.6k
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
1001+ employees
Company mission
To be Earth's most customer-centric company.
Role
Who you are
- Software development engineer positions require both depth and breadth of knowledge in design and development, experience with agile methodologies, proficiency in a high-level language, experience building highly scalable systems involving distributed services and persistent storage
- Successful candidates are creative, innovative, and take great pride in both the deep technical contribution and the positive business results of their work
- They are capable of translating high-level, ambiguous business goals into working software solutions
- 3+ 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
Desirable
- 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- Experience in Mobile development in iOS/Android, or experience in embedded development in C/C++
What the job involves
- Frustration Free Setup (FFS) team is looking for a talented, experienced engineer to develop device setup solutions for Amazon and third-party products
- The role focuses on creating seamless customer experiences through SDK development and cloud services integration
- You will join a team responsible for setup experiences across Amazon devices (Echo, Fire TV, Fire Tablets, and Kindle) and third-party devices with Alexa integration
- You will own the design of major deliverables and have opportunities to build them from scratch
- This is a high visibility and fast-paced environment where you will make a direct impact on the customer experience and the bottom line of the company
- As an SDE in this group, you will lead and mentor other talented engineers
- You will be responsible for building the best customer experience, keeping latency, security, and usability in mind
- You will interact with Product Managers and Designers and convert their vision into a technical solution
- You will collaborate with other Software Engineers to guide the team on development best practices and set examples by using them in solutions that you build
- You will own the end-to-end design of major deliverables, working closely with a team of SDEs and Product Managers to execute them
Application process
- This position will remain posted until filled
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.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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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