Software Development Engineer, Sidewalk

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking team dedicated to enhancing connectivity through innovative solutions. As a Software Development Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in the development of the Sidewalk network, ensuring that smart devices operate seamlessly across various environments. This role offers the chance to work on cutting-edge technology, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver exceptional user experiences. If you are passionate about tackling complex challenges and driving impactful projects, this is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a transformative initiative in smart home technology.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional software development experience.
• Experience with design patterns and system reliability.

Responsibilities

• Participate in design reviews and define system requirements.
• Implement key metrics and monitor system performance.

Skills

C

C++

Software Development

System Design

Embedded Development

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Job description

Sidewalk SDK team owns all the components and infrastructure that is backbone of the Sidewalk network. The team is responsible for scaling the core connectivity for the network. The team is looking for a Software Development Engineer to enhance the developer journey and customer experience.

As a member of our team, you will be interacting closely with the business and cross-functional engineering teams across different organizations to gather engineering requirements, design and implement new features. You will contribute to all aspects of an agile software & systems development life cycle including design, architecture, development, documentation, testing and operations. You are the engineer that other engineers can count on; you are technical, you attack every problem with enthusiasm.

Key job responsibilities
- Dive deep and take ownership for critical design issues, overall system performance, etc.
- Participate in design reviews for complex systems, algorithms and software development
- Define and optimize systems and software architecture and implementation
- Define and/or refine system requirements, participate in the development and delivery of features.
- Implement key metrics, set system performance KPIs and design debug tools to continuously monitor and improve on our network solutions

About the team
Amazon Sidewalk is a new long-term effort to greatly extend the working range of low-bandwidth, low-power, smart lights, sensors, and other low-cost devices customers install at the edge of their home network. We believe customers shouldn’t have to settle for connected devices that lose functionality past the front door. With Amazon Sidewalk, customers will be able to place smart devices anywhere on their property and know the devices will work, even in dead spots where Wi-Fi and Bluetooth don’t reach, helping bridge the connectivity gaps around our homes!

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 4+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 3+ 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
- Extensive embedded development experience in C and C++, and familiarity with ARM CPUs

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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