Software Development Engineer, DCA Video Ads

Amazon • Seattle, WA

10d

About The Position

Do you want to re-invent how 10s of millions of people enjoy shows and movies on
their TVs and Tablets?
DCA (Device Content & Advertiser) includes Amazon Fire TV, the #1 streaming
media player with millions of monthly active users, and Amazon Fire Tablet. Our
mission is to make watching content they love effortless and fun for customers
to enjoy all of their entertainment so it becomes part of their daily habit for
relaxing, being entertained, and spending time with family and friends.

We are looking for an innovative Software Development Engineer II who wants to
have outsize impact. As a Software Engineer on this team, you will define and
build innovative consumer product experiences with a direct impact on the
design, architecture, and implementation of flagship products that customers
love and use every day. You’ll be part of a triple digit growth opportunity
working with talented engineers to build delightful user experiences and
full-stack technology and services (including customer experience) that must
scale to support millions of users. The ideal candidate will have
industry-leading programming skills, a deep understanding computer science
fundamentals, and be conversant up the software stack.

The DCA team combines advertising and mobile technologies, smart TVs and Alexa
to help our customers discover and engage with content and help Amazon to lower
the prices. We operate at Amazon scale, designing and deploying software that is
enjoyed by over 50MM active users globally. We solve significant customer
problems in the consumer electronics space through devices, mobile applications,
and machine learning.

Requirements

• 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 modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
• 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
• Experience in one or more of the following: Native mobile development (Android/iOS), Python, Objective-C, Swift, C#, HTML5/CSS3/JavaScript, web and server programming and Responsive/Adaptive design, Java, SQL
• Experience developing mobile apps for Android or other platforms
• Experience in embedded development in C/C++, or experience with general troubleshooting/debugging of hardware
• Experience building and operating a cloud-based architecture
• Experience in e-commerce, digital products or entertainment industries

Responsibilities

• Build full-stack technology and services that must scale to support millions of users – we operate at Amazon scale, designing and deploying software that is enjoyed by millions of customers globally.
• Inventing a delightful experience for our customers that utilizes Android, cloud services, frontend and backend technologies.
• Defining and implementing novel customer experiences and product direction through collaboration with Product, UX and other engineering teams.
• Delivering high quality software through working in a dynamic, team-focused Agile/Scrum environment.

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level