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Software Development Engineer - Amazon Music, Playback Experience
Amazon.comUS, CO, Virtual Location - Colorado, United StatesRemotefull_timeVerifiedPosted 26 Jan 2023
💰 $143,000/yr
About the role
About Amazon Music
Amazon Music reimagines music listening by enabling customers to unlock millions of songs, podcast episodes, and thousands of 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.
Key job responsibilities
Everyone on our team has a meaningful impact on product features, new directions in music streaming, and customer engagement. We are looking for new team members who have a passion to work on HTML5-driven audio experiences in browsers, set-top boxes, and other browser-based technologies. Our team emphasizes building mechanisms that ensure quality of our deliverables.
Come join us as we make history by launching exciting new projects that directly impact the audio experience of our customers in the coming year.
About the team
Be part of the Playback Experience team here at Amazon Music. We make music happen. We are looking for a development engineer enthusiastic to get our engine humming on mobile devices. Our clients and services are the critical link between your device—Echo, iOS, Android, Fire TV—and the Amazon Music catalog. Over 80 million songs. Many delivered in ultra high definition and Spatial audio. Our mission is the fast, flawless, and secure delivery and playback of music for our customers. Our playback engine plays the music on millions of iOS, Android clients, and Fire TV devices, while our back-end services serve hundreds of millions of requests each day.
The pay range for this position in Colorado is $143,000 - 194,000 yr; however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A sign-on bonus and restricted stock units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position offered. This information is provided per the Colorado Equal Pay Act. Base (CEPA) pay information is based on market location. Applicants should apply via Amazon's internal or external careers site.
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.
Amazon Music reimagines music listening by enabling customers to unlock millions of songs, podcast episodes, and thousands of 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.
Key job responsibilities
Everyone on our team has a meaningful impact on product features, new directions in music streaming, and customer engagement. We are looking for new team members who have a passion to work on HTML5-driven audio experiences in browsers, set-top boxes, and other browser-based technologies. Our team emphasizes building mechanisms that ensure quality of our deliverables.
Come join us as we make history by launching exciting new projects that directly impact the audio experience of our customers in the coming year.
About the team
Be part of the Playback Experience team here at Amazon Music. We make music happen. We are looking for a development engineer enthusiastic to get our engine humming on mobile devices. Our clients and services are the critical link between your device—Echo, iOS, Android, Fire TV—and the Amazon Music catalog. Over 80 million songs. Many delivered in ultra high definition and Spatial audio. Our mission is the fast, flawless, and secure delivery and playback of music for our customers. Our playback engine plays the music on millions of iOS, Android clients, and Fire TV devices, while our back-end services serve hundreds of millions of requests each day.
The pay range for this position in Colorado is $143,000 - 194,000 yr; however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A sign-on bonus and restricted stock units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position offered. This information is provided per the Colorado Equal Pay Act. Base (CEPA) pay information is based on market location. Applicants should apply via Amazon's internal or external careers site.
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
- A passion for testing browser-based code
- Strong C++ coding skills
- Mobile platform development experience.
- Computer Science fundamentals in object-oriented design, data structures and algorithm design, and complexity analysis
- Experience developing, releasing, and operating client side products (iOS, Android, Desktop, Embedded Devices)
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.
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