Software Development Engineer, Podcasts

Amazon Music reimagines music listening by enabling customers to unlock millions of songs, podcasts , curated playlists and stations with their voice. Amazon Music provides unlimited access to new releases and classic hits across iOS and Android mobile devices, PC, Mac, Echo, and Alexa-enabled devices including Fire TV and more. With Amazon Music, Prime members have access to ad-free listening of 2 million songs at no additional cost to their membership. Listeners can also enjoy the premium subscription service, Amazon Music Unlimited, which provides access to more than 75 million songs and the latest new releases. Amazon Music Unlimited customers also now have access to the highest-quality listening experience available, with more than 75 million songs available in High Definition (HD), more than 7 million songs in Ultra HD, and a growing catalog of spatial audio. Customers also have free access to an ad-supported selection of top playlists and stations on Amazon Music. All Amazon Music tiers now offer a wide selection of podcasts at no additional cost, and live streaming in partnership with Twitch. Engaging with music and culture has never been more natural, simple, and fun. For more information, visit amazonmusic.com or download the Amazon Music app.

Do you have a passion for solving complex Personalization problems? Do you enjoy building efficient and responsive Software systems? Do you want to help millions of people quickly find the content they enjoy, even if they don't know what they'd like to listen to in this moment?

Come join the Amazon Music Podcast Personalization team that drives personalization for all podcast related features across visual and voice driven applications. This team builds new features and strategies to drive content discovery and engagement. This team partners closely with scientists across the Amazon Music ecosystem and builds personalized recommenders and ranking strategies for all of our customers. As a Software Development Engineer in the Amazon Music Podcast Personalization team, you will have the opportunity to own and drive podcast-related initiatives. You and your team will have a meaningful input and impact on team culture, product and technical direction, and the quality of our customer experience. Your daily work will combine elements of developing scalable services and features, and running experimentations.

This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to be at the center of a new product area that involves rapidly evolving technology and consumer behavior, and the chance to help foster a daily habit with quality content in new ways for a whole new audience of Podcast customers.

Key job responsibilities

Workings closely with partners across the Amazon Music organization to understand a broad range of business and customer problems

Using the industry-leading tools and technologies to solve problems optimally, and deliver improved personalized experiences

Defining and building scalable solutions that are easy to launch and simple to maintain

Working in an agile environment to define a robust roadmap and deliver high-quality software


About the team
As a Software Engineer on the Podcasts team, you will provide technical leadership in defining our software architecture and implementation to this unique problem. You, along with the entire team will have meaningful input and impact on product direction, and customer innovations to drive engagement. By joining as a team member, you will play a critical role in shaping the technical architecture and foundation of the new offering.

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
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language

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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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $115,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of fa