Software Development Engineer II, IMDb iOS App, IMDb

Amazon • Santa Monica, CA

1d • $129,300 - $223,600

About The Position

IMDb is the world's most popular and authoritative source for movie, TV and celebrity content with an audience of more than 250 million unique monthly visitors on web and mobile apps. At IMDb, you'll be joining a team of seasoned leaders who value execution and decision making at the speed of startups, but with the backing and resources of Amazon. As a Mobile Apps engineer, you will have the opportunity to use Amazon technologies from all over the company to build amazing products, which will be used directly by fans and industry professionals around the world. We are looking for a strong iOS Mobile App engineer to join our Apps Team and lead the effort of building engaging and personalized user experiences in our hugely popular apps including IMDb Movies & TV and IMDbPro. At IMDb, you can expect a culture of ambitious but achievable product development, built in short iterations with lots of experimentation. We celebrate team and personal milestones, and value balanced lifestyles that enable us to be refreshed and productive each day. Best of all, we share a passion for entertainment; we meet regularly with our founder and colleagues to discuss current films, shows, and events. In this role, you will develop new features for IMDb, working with your engineering team, product managers, and UX designers to build native iOS features that delight our customers. You will own customer facing features through the entire life-cycle, from design, implementation, testing, deployment and into production. You will need to be comfortable going deep on a variety of areas such as video playback, advertising, and native app components as well as working with our API layer to define the next iteration of our schema to power our apps. You will work to maintain a high quality bar for our code and our customers. You will optimize iOS apps for performance, reliability and security. You'll share your ideas on how we can work more effectively. You are not limited to iOS application development, but will also have the opportunities to work on technical designs and implementations of backend services and APIs that power mobile app functionalities.

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
• 2+ years of Apple platform development experience

Nice To Haves

• 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

Responsibilities

• develop new features for IMDb
• build native iOS features that delight our customers
• own customer facing features through the entire life-cycle, from design, implementation, testing, deployment and into production
• comfortable going deep on a variety of areas such as video playback, advertising, and native app components
• working with our API layer to define the next iteration of our schema to power our apps
• maintain a high quality bar for our code and our customers
• optimize iOS apps for performance, reliability and security
• share your ideas on how we can work more effectively
• work on technical designs and implementations of backend services and APIs that power mobile app functionalities

Benefits

• Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
• Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers.
• If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations
• The base pay for this position ranges from $129,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223,600/year in our highest geographic market.
• Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
• Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits.
• For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits

What This Job Offers

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