Senior Software Development Engineer, E-reader Platform Team

Amazon; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Senior Software Development Engineer on the E-reader Platform Team. This role offers the opportunity to work on innovative solutions that enhance the Kindle experience for millions of users. You will collaborate with talented engineers, tackling complex challenges while driving ownership of the software platform. Your contributions will not only improve performance and quality but also foster a culture of mentorship and technical excellence. If you're passionate about software development and eager to make a significant impact, this position is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• Experience leading design and architecture of systems.

Responsibilities

• Solve engineering problems to enhance the Kindle reading experience.
• Collaborate with global teams to innovate and optimize software.

Skills

Software Development

Programming

Design Patterns

Mentoring

Architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Source Control Management

Testing Tools

Build Processes

Job description

Senior Software Development Engineer, E-reader Platform Team

The 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. College graduates get to rub shoulders with outstanding software 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.

The Amazon Kindle platform team in Chennai has complete ownership of the software platform that powers the Kindle e-reader devices. Engineers in this team are engaged in solving hard engineering problems every day in order to offer the best reading experience to users. We are obsessed with delivering software that is highly optimized and meets very high quality and performance bars.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

1. 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
2. 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
3. 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
4. Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

1. 5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
2. Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

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