Sr. Software Dev Engineer, Web Experiences
About The Position
With AI reshaping every layer of the software stack, we have an opportunity to reimagine consumer software experiences — making them smarter, more personal, and more useful every day. The Amazon Silk browser team is looking for a Senior Software Development Engineer to join our ranks. Join our team to build the cloud services behind the browsing experience across millions of Amazon devices—from tablets and smart displays to streaming devices and beyond. You'll collaborate with talented engineers, product managers, and designers to solve complex backend service design challenges while directly impacting how customers interact with intelligent, personalized browsing experiences across their devices.
Requirements
- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
- 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team
Nice To Haves
- 5+ 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
- Experience in generative AI technologies
Responsibilities
- Design and implement backend services behind Silk's intelligent and personalized browsing experience, owning API contracts, data models, and scaling and latency budgets
- Debug and optimize reliability, latency, and data-consistency issues across distributed services to ensure smooth browsing experiences for customers
- Collaborate with product managers, designers, partner teams across Amazon, and other engineers to understand requirements and deliver solutions that meet customer needs
- Document your work and maintain existing services to ensure long-term reliability and knowledge sharing across the team
- Participate in code reviews, architectural discussions, and technical planning to continuously improve our engineering practices
Benefits
- sign-on payments
- restricted stock units (RSUs)
- 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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Associate degree
