Software Development Engineer Amazon
Seattle, WA

Job Description

Keywords: IoT, Externalizing Amazon, Reordering, Alexa, Devices, Website, Java, Cordova, ES6, DynamoDB

Building Fast, Frictionless Reordering at a scale that has never been done before -- We are a group of product visionaries, talented engineers, and customer-obsessed inventors that are focused on making it easier than ever for customers to purchase everyday goods that they, their family, or their business consume on a variety of surfaces (web and IoT). Engineers in our team are engaged in solving hard engineering problems every day in order to offer the best reordering experience to users. We are obsessed with delivering software that is highly optimized and meets very high quality and performance bars.

Software Development Engineer (SDE) experience is a unique one at Amazon. Teams are structured in small groups with a strong impetus to innovate, drive end to end ownership and meet critical business goals. SDEs get to rub shoulders with outstanding Senior and Principal engineers and researchers with industry leading technical abilities, solving challenging engineering problems that affect millions of Amazon customers. Engineers also get to collaborate and work with teams across the globe, in the process being exposed to a range of technologies, best practices and solution patterns. Our brown bag sessions and Principal talks are among the most popular presentations with healthy debate and a cross pollination of ideas. All this contributes to the grooming of the 'fungible' Amazon engineer who has exemplary technical skills, sharp business acumen and a strong drive to get things done.

As a Software Development Engineer, you will engage with an experienced cross-disciplinary staff to conceive, design and develop innovative consumer products. You must be responsive, flexible and able to succeed within an open collaborative peer environment.

You will need to be able to work efficiently and effectively in a fun, fast-paced dynamic team environment. As a Software Development Engineer, you will develop, execute and maintain software products. You are expected to have industry-leading technical abilities.

You should have a combination of solid in-depth knowledge, solid understanding of the operating system software, as well as knowledge of object oriented design principles. You should command the skill to communicate clearly and effectively. Candidates will need to define product requirements, design software, code software and develop tests.