Designing and Building new features that are highly performant
Preparation of technical requirements and software design specifications.
Understanding the internals of graphics subsystems.
Instilling best practices for software development and documentation, making sure designs meet requirements, and delivering high quality software on tight schedules.
A day in the life
In the course of a typical day, an SDE in Amazon team can
ship and review C++, ReactNative or Java for reading features on Kindle E-Reader
collaborate with peers, product owners, UX designers and partner tech teams on architecture and design of reading features.
adapt the customer experience for the next generation of Kindle E-Reader devices focusing on operational excellence, monitoring the team's code deployment pipelines and dashboards
root cause issues and propose solutions
train new team-mates on how E-Reader and Kindle Application software is constructed, how it operates, how secure it is, and how it fits into the bigger picture.
About the team
We own the design, architecture, and implementation of a surface to enable reading innovation across file formats and operating systems. Our software supports Kindle customers on all major mobile surfaces and Kindle devices. Our engineers enjoy working as a team and welcome the opportunity to lead whenever possible.
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 modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design
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
Experience programming with C++.
Experience programming with C++.
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