Come help Amazon Books create and deploy the technology that gets every book, audiobook, and digital title in front of readers around the world. As a Software Development Engineer (SDE), you will be instrumental in building the publishing systems that take a title from the moment an author or publisher submits it through Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) all the way to a live, discoverable listing across more than 15 global marketplaces. Your work directly shapes the experience of millions of readers, authors, and publishers. At Amazon, we hire the best minds in technology to innovate and build on behalf of our customers. The focus we have on our customers is why we are one of the world's most beloved brands, and customer obsession is part of our company DNA. On the Books publishing technology team, our customers are the authors and publishers who trust us with their work and the readers who discover it. Our SDEs use the latest technology to solve complex problems in catalog orchestration, publishing workflows, and reporting, and they get to see the impact of their work first-hand. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about creating new products, features, and services from scratch while managing ambiguity and the pace of a team where development cycles are measured in weeks, not years. If building the technology behind one of the largest publishing platforms in the world sounds interesting to you, apply and come chart your own path at Amazon Books. Responsibilities If you are looking to work with a team of engineers that relentlessly innovate and push the envelope keeping customers at the center of its universe, continually raising the bar and delivering results with velocity, then this is the space and place to be in. Specifically, within the team the SDE is responsible for ensuring the team’s software maintains a high bar with respect to quality, security, architecture, scalability and operational excellence. They are able to identify the root cause of issues including areas where it limits innovation and prevents accelerated delivery of projects, while navigating several systems and components they may or may not own. Ultimately, they display strong technical acumen and ownership. We are looking for passionate, hard-working, and talented software engineers who have experience building innovative, mission critical, high volume applications that customers love. You will have an enormous opportunity to make a large impact on the design, architecture, and implementation of products used every day, by people you know. This is a high visibility team where you will get a chance to make a positive impact on customer experience. - 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 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 https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
