Amazon Kindle is a revolutionary reading device and one of the most innovative and fastest growing businesses at Amazon. We are seeking a passionate software engineer who wants to build high quality mission critical software and reusable software libraries to help shape the future of eBooks. You will contribute to the definition, development, integration, test, documentation, and support of Kindle applications across multiple digital surfaces.
Key job responsibilities
- Significant autonomous contributor to the full software development lifecycle, including scoping, design, code, testing, deployment and maintenance of your team's software.
- Deliver innovative and simple software solutions, working with and improving on current limitations and compatibilities between subsystems, building new concepts and methodology, and the development of major routines and utilities.
- Define technical requirements and software design specifications as needed to meet business requirements.
- Partner with all stakeholders and your peers to understand the business and customer value of your team’s software in order to ensure you deliver the right solutions
- Leverage best practices for software development and documentation to make sure designs meet requirements and we are able to deliver high quality software.
About the team
We are the owners for software that supports e-book readers on all major mobile surfaces and on Kindle devices. We enjoy working together as a team and welcome the opportunity to lead whenever possible. We leverage product ideas to establish technical design for simple but innovative solutions. We deliver highest quality experiences to our customers to enable best reading experience across operating systems and devices.
- 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- 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.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit
https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
