Software Development Engineer II,

Job Description

DESCRIPTION

Do you enjoy solving complex problems with simple solutions Would you like to help us innovate on behalf of Amazon Music customers Amazon Music org is seeking a software development engineer to join our team. Our vision is to build delightful customer experiences.
Amazon Music is an immersive audio first entertainment service that deepens connections between fans, artists, and creators. From personalized music playlists to exclusive podcasts, concert livestreams to artist merch, Amazon Music is innovating at some of the most exciting intersections of music and culture. We offer experiences that serve all listeners with our different tiers of service: Prime members get access to all the music in shuffle mode, and top ad-free podcasts, included with their membership customers can upgrade to Amazon Music Unlimited for unlimited, on-demand access to 100 million songs, including millions in HD, Ultra HD, and spatial audio and anyone can listen for free by downloading the Amazon Music app or via Alexa-enabled devices. Join us for the opportunity to influence how Amazon Music engages fans, artists, and creators on a global scale.

The Opportunity
You are a talented individual who wants to help us in creating the best digital music customer experience. You want to develop digital music software that is available on voice, Android & iOS Mobile devices worldwide. The challenges in building voice experience within a visual application are unique and innovative. If you are excited about mobile development, building voice experiences, cross-platform full-stack development this is the role for you.

You will be working closely with our Design, Science and UX teams and collaborate with product managers, senior and peer-level software engineers across a large cross-section of Amazon Music and Alexa technical stack to build AI enabled Customer Experiences across voice and visual platforms. This role provides you with autonomy and ownership on decisions, working backwards directly from customers. You will leverage technical skills like front-end development and end-to-end system design with resiliency.

Who You Are
You are highly-motivated and thrive in an environment where problems are open-ended. You enjoy engaging in passionate discussions with smart people and letting the best ideas rise to the top. You see your mistakes as learning opportunities and continually look for ways to improve yourself, your team and your products. You understand that not all solutions come easily and don't shy away from hard work to reach your goals. You are excited about the opportunity to engage in developing a top notch consumer mobile application and user experience end-to-end.

Key job responsibilities
As a software development engineer, you will:

- Solve difficult engineering problems with elegant and practical code.
- Work across teams to help define engineering best practices and standard, and provide technical mentorship to other members of the engineering teams.
- Be a champion for the customer and ensuring their needs always come first.
- Design and build software for mobile, front end clients and server systems.

A day in the life
- Demonstrating Industry-leading technical abilities showcasing a breadth and depth of technical knowledge
- The ability to build good working relationships within the team by communicating clearly both verbally and in writing
- Strong problem solving and trouble shooting skills with the ability to come up with creative solutions to seemingly impossible engineering problems
- Effective technical leadership skills to improve technologies and infrastructure of the team

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
- 3+ years of programming using a modern programming language such as Java, C++, or C#, including object-oriented design experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- 2+ years of full stack development experience
- 2+ years of Android development experience
- 2+ years of Apple platform development experience

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