Software Development Engineer, Music Search Retrieval Technology

Amazon Music; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 165,000 - 224,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Amazon Music is hiring a software development engineer to design and build search services powering content discovery across voice and visual clients. You will work on scalable, multi‑tier systems and deliver end‑to‑end search features, from design to deployment, with a focus on reliability and performance.

You will collaborate with product, science, and engineering teams worldwide, participate in code reviews, and mentor others while shaping the next generation of search technology for Alexa,

Qualifications

• 3+ years of non‑internship software development experience.
• 2+ years of design/architecture experience for scalable systems.
• 1+ years in software development engineer or related role.
• 1+ years designing and developing large‑scale distributed software using C#, C++, Java or Perl.
• 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience.
• Experience programming with at least one software language.

Responsibilities

• Design and build search services and distributed data stores powering content discovery.
• Deliver search features end‑to‑end from requirements to deployment and operation.
• Participate in code reviews and mentor teammates on clean code.
• Investigate issues, identify root causes and drive permanent fixes.
• Collaborate with product, science and engineering partners to improve search quality.

Skills

C#

C++

Java

Perl

Object Oriented Design

Distributed systems

Software design patterns

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Job description

Do you have a passion for solving complex problems in Search? Do you want to help millions of people around the world quickly find the music they enjoy, even if they don’t know what they’d like to listen to in this moment? And then, extend it to more than music? As a member of the Amazon Music Search team, you will extend and improve the ways customers find and experience content on voice and visual clients like Alexa, mobile apps, Fire TV, and Roku, all across the world.

Key job responsibilities

• Design and build search services and distributed data stores that power content discovery across Amazon Music’s voice and visual clients, balancing scalability, performance, and long‑term maintainability.
• Deliver search features end‑to‑end, from requirements gathering and system design through coding, testing, deployment, and operational support, choosing the right data structures and algorithms for each problem.
• Participate in code reviews, providing constructive feedback to teammates and coaching others on writing clean, well‑organized code that is easy to maintain and extend.
• Investigate operational issues, identify root causes, and drive permanent fixes while improving your team’s technical processes and system reliability.
• Work with product, science, and engineering partners to translate customer needs into search improvements, and evaluate new tools and approaches that can raise the quality of results and team productivity.

A day in the life

You will collaborate with teams around the globe to design, build, and launch search systems that power discovery across Amazon Music. A typical stretch might include pairing with a science team on a ranking improvement, writing and reviewing code for a new indexing pipeline, and jumping on a production issue to trace it back to its source. You will regularly brainstorm with product and technical partners to shape what comes next.

About The Team

The Amazon Music Search engineering team owns search and discovery across every Amazon Music client experience, covering music, podcasts, and more. We build highly available distributed data stores that index a growing catalog of content, along with the core APIs customers rely on every time they search. Our focus is launching the next generation of search technology so customers can find what they want faster than ever, and we are looking for engineers who are excited to help us get there.

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
• 1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience
• 1+ years of designing and developing large‑scale, multi‑tiered, multi‑threaded, embedded or distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services using: C#, C++, Java, or Perl experience
• 1+ years of Object Oriented Design 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

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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USA, CA, Sunnyvale - 165,200.00 - 223,600.00 USD annually

Company - Amazon.com Services LLC

Job ID: A10538460