Software Development Engineer, Fire TV

Are you interested in jumping into the driver’s seat of our sensational FireTV partner products? We are looking for exceptional talent to join as Software Development Engineer in the Fire TV team.

Our charter is to provide customers and partners a compelling, secure, and robust experience with a steady flow of engaging new features throughout the lifetime of a device.

As a member of the team, you will be working with business partners, software development engineers and testers UI/UX designers to design, implement, test, launch, document, and maintain complex software applications, tools, and systems. You will have significant influence on our overall strategy by helping define these product features, drive the system architecture, and spearhead the best practices that enable a quality product. You will learn a variety of cutting-edge technologies, development processes, and develop well-rounded skills such as leadership, and effective project management. You will also mentor junior software development engineers.

Key job responsibilities
- Design and deliver distributed software solutions — Design, develop, implement, test, and document distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services that meet high standards for reliability and performance

- Collaborate with stakeholders to deliver impact — Work closely with cross-functional stakeholders and partners to translate functional requirements into robust, efficient, and supportable solutions that integrate well within the overall system architecture

- Evaluate and recommend technology choices — Assess new and existing software products and tools, providing technical recommendations that balance innovation with maintainability and team productivity

- Build system infrastructure on AOSP — Develop system infrastructure and features based on AOSP (Android Open Source Project), contributing to the platform's core capabilities and performance

- Mentor junior engineers — Guide junior engineers through technical challenges, code reviews, and best practices, helping to raise the technical bar across the team


About the team
FireTV 3P engineering team is chartered to bring enchanting FireTV experiences to third party devices. This is an opportunity to design, develop and own the software that disrupts TV viewing experience and impact billions of viewers and devices.

We are spinning up a greenfield engineering team to build tools and technologies which will redefine the way 3P partners build their TVs on FireTV ecosystem. With exciting roadmap and launches planned ahead. FireTV 3P engineering team will independently own, deliver and support end to end product journey for partners.

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
- 2+ years of Android development experience

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

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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