Software Development Engineer, Appstore

Amazon; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Software Development Engineer to join their dynamic team in London, focusing on building a world-class Appstore experience for FireTV. The role involves leading design and architecture, mentoring junior engineers, and developing scalable software systems that enhance consumer experiences. Candidates should possess strong programming skills in Java, Kotlin, and TypeScript, along with significant experience in the video game industry and systems design.

Qualifications

• 3+ years software development experience.
• Proven expertise in design patterns, reliability and scaling.
• Experience in the Video Games Industry.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of scalable software solutions.
• Mentor junior engineers and lead product architecture.
• Handle consumer experience challenges across technologies.

Skills

Java

Kotlin

TypeScript

Communication

System Architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Job description

Amazon FireTV products are revolutionary consumer devices that have become the #1 best-selling Amazon products. They are among the most innovative and fastest growing businesses at both Amazon and the entire consumer electronics industry. We are looking for talented software engineers to join our team in building consumer experiences. This is an enormous opportunity to lead the design, architecture, and implementation of products used every day by people you know.

The team is responsible for building Developer and Consumer experiences for the Appstore in Fire TV. The team uses architectural and design principles to develop software platforms that handle the scale and latency constraints. It has also developed excellent expertise in Android and ReactNative internals and is building innovative mobile experiences, automation technologies, which help providing superb consumer experience.

Key job responsibilities
We are looking for a Software Development Engineer to lead the development of scalable software solutions and services for handling the consumer experience. Ideal candidate should have proven expertise in designing scalable and low-latency systems, working across technologies, and mentoring junior engineers.

Joining our team will give you endless opportunities to use your passion, ingenuity, experience, and pragmatism to build a world-class Appstore experience for FireTV. To be successful you'll need to have lots of experience with Java, Kotlin, TypeScript, experience of SOA, experience working with databases, handling scale, and excellent communication skills. You need a strong grasp of architecture and advanced engineering principles and design patterns. You must be a fast, efficient coder and make coding and design decision with multiple simultaneous dimensions in mind. You will be part of technical leadership team of Amazon Appstore development center in Chennai, India and will have the chance to lead the product architecture and team-building effort.

Come join us, in building one of the most disruptive digital businesses, at the earth's most customer centric company!

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 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
- 3+ years of Video Games Industry (supporting title Development, Release, or Live Ops) experience
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- 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

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