Software Development Engineer II, Amazon Music Search

Amazon; India; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Software Development Engineer II for Amazon Music Search in India. You will design, implement, and scale distributed systems to deliver fast, reliable search results.

You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams, apply design patterns, and participate in an agile lifecycle to ship high-quality software used by millions of customers.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture experience of new and existing systems.
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-disciplinary Amazonians to conceive, design, and bring innovative products and services to market.
• Design and build technologies in a large distributed computing environment and lead changes in the industry.
• Create solutions to run predictions on distributed systems with exposure to scalable technologies.
• Build distributed storage, index, and query systems that are scalable and fault-tolerant.
• Design and code solutions starting with broadly defined problems.
• Work in an agile environment to deliver high-quality software.

Skills

Software development experience

Distributed systems design

Programming languages knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Job description

Software Development Engineer II, Amazon Music Search

At Amazon, we hire the best minds in technology to innovate and build on behalf of our customers. The focus we have on our customers is why we are one of the world’s most beloved brands - customer obsession is part of our company DNA. Our Software Development Engineers (SDEs) use latest technology to solve complex problems and get to see the impact of their work first‑hand. The challenges SDEs solve for at Amazon are big and influence millions of customers, sellers, and products around the world. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about creating new products, features, and services from scratch while managing ambiguity and the pace of a company where development cycles are measured in weeks, not years.

Key job responsibilities

• Collaborate with experienced cross-disciplinary Amazonians to conceive, design, and bring innovative products and services to market.
• Design and build innovative technologies in a large distributed computing environment and help lead fundamental changes in the industry.
• Create solutions to run predictions on distributed systems with exposure to innovative technologies at incredible scale and speed.
• Build distributed storage, index, and query systems that are scalable, fault-tolerant, low cost, and easy to manage/use.
• Design and code the right solutions starting with broadly defined problems.
• Work in an agile environment to deliver high-quality software.

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
• 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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