Sr. Sys Dev Engineer, Fire TV

Job ID: 3091755 | Amazon Innovation Center (Shenzhen) Company Limited

Fire TV client software and services technologies are enjoyed by millions of customers over the world. You will support to drive key engineering and business decisions that impact Amazon’s long-term vision, including innovation in the delivery and consumption of media and entertainment. We leverage cutting edge technology in client-app frameworks, big data, machine learning, optimization techniques and high availability services. Here on the Fire TV team, we are dedicated to create the most engaging entertainment platform for the whole family, worldwide.

Key job responsibilities

• The ideal candidate has current and extensive experience developing and building Android systems and applications. The candidate understands what the limitations of the platform are and can design and implement additional services or help optimize existing ones to meet the product requirements.
• Has in-depth expertise working with Android system
• In-depth knowledge and experience with Linux kernel development
• Experience on bootloader and device drivers development and enjoy working on hardware directly
• Enjoys working side by side with partners, colleagues and teams on challenging problems
• Is highly effective and thrives in a dynamic environment with multiple, changing priorities
• Knows what is important when releasing software to developers and has been through the process from start to finish
• Is comfortable with proactive outward communication and technical leadership and never shies away from a challenge

Are you interested in jumping into the driver’s seat of our sensational FireTV partner products? We are looking for exceptional talent with Android Open Source Project (AOSP) expertise to join as a Senior System Development Engineer in the Fire TV 3p Devices team. Our team's mission is to build delightful FireTV products for our customers and partners with lower cost and faster time to market.

As a member of the team, you will be working with business partners, software development engineers and testers to design, implement, test, launch, document, and maintain complex software applications, tools, and systems. You will have significant influence on our overall strategy by helping define these product features, drive the system architecture, and spearhead the best practices that enable a quality product. You will learn a variety of cutting-edge technologies, development processes, and develop well-rounded skills such as leadership, and effective project management. You will also mentor junior engineers.

Basic Qualifications

• Experience leading the design, automation, deployment, and support of large-scale infrastructure
• Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Python, Ruby, Golang, Java, C++, C#, Rust
• Experience with Linux/Unix
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines build processes

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with distributed systems at scale

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