Software Development Engineer - Kindle International Expansion - Amazon

San Luis Obispo, California

DESCRIPTION

Join us to achieve our vision of making every creative work available to everyone in the world.
We are looking for a skilled software developer to focus on owning the end-to-end experience of content ingestion, quality and publishing, building performant and scalable systems of the highest quality.
This role will help design and engineer the future of the book industry. We focus on building tools that enable authors and publishers worldwide to provide high quality digital and print books, reaching readers all around the world so they can earn a living through Amazon.

Position Overview
Great candidates for this position possess a sound understanding of computer science and a passion to make a profound impact for our authors, publishers, and readers. You will have the opportunity to apply this passion by leveraging your technical skills in areas such as algorithms, object-oriented design, distributed systems, and more. You also have the opportunity to collaborate with diverse business and technical partners to shape our technology. You will be the voice of international authors, publishers, and readers, driving technological innovation to create an unparalleled content creation and discovery experience.
Come join us as we reach the world to revolutionize the book industry!

Amazon is an Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer – Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 3+ years of software engineering and product delivery experience, with strong background in algorithms and high performance distributed systems.
- Expert in at least one modern programming language such as C++, C#, or Java

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Interest and/or experience in one or more of the following:
- Distributed Systems
- Scalability and high volume data handling
- REST Web Services
- Amazon Web Services
- JavaScript and Java web programming