DESCRIPTION Amazon.com is looking for a talented and enthusiastic Senior Software Development Engineer to join the Digital Content Platform team. The Digital Acceleration Commerce team owns services supporting the publishing, pricing and purchase of Digital content, including Kindle Books, Amazon AppStore, Amazon Music, Amazon Video, etc. This candidate will be joining a team working on scalable web services using cloud technologies. The work will be highly visible to Amazon customers and internal stakeholders. As a Senior Software Development Engineer, this person will lead the architecture and development of high-scale web services and workflows. A successful candidate will have an established background in designing and developing back-end web services, strong technical skills, a motivation to achieve results in a fast-paced environment, high creativity, and great analytical reasoning skills.We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:Chennai, TN, INDBASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience- 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience- 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience- Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering teamPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS- 5+ 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

System Development Engineer

Amazon, Chennai, TN, IN

DESCRIPTIONAre you interested in joining the team behind Amazon’s newest innovation?Come help us work on world class software for our customers!! The Kindle Unlimited is Amazon’s digital reading subscription which offers members all over the world access to millions of titles across eBooks, audiobooks, comics, magazines, and more. Reading Subs support engineering team provides production support and also responsible for providing multifaceted services to the Kindle digital product family of development teams and working with production operations teams for software product release coordination and deployment. This job requires you to hit the ground running and your ability to learn quickly and work on disparate and overlapping tasks that will define your success.Key job responsibilitiesOn a typical day engineers might dive deep into understanding the root cause of customer issue, support the Newsstand deprecation, New Migrations, investigate why a metric is trending the wrong way, consult with top engineers at Amazon, or discuss radical new approaches to automate operational issues.Our systems development engineering roles help engineers develop a broad range of skills. Experienced systems development engineers often have leadership impact on their teams by becoming subject matter experts on several services. They develop, build, deploy, operate, sustain, and grow the services in cloud production environments. They are able to utilize trends and metrics to identify opportunities for improvements. They help develop and refine procedures used by their team and internal customers. They are able to develop at a high standard and can deal with new and ambiguous problem domains, while consistently delivering customer impacting change.A day in the lifeOur systems development engineers spend time:• Supporting the Migration/ Deprecation activities• Simplifying and reinventing systems, processes, and tools to make things better for our customers• Building unique solutions to our customers’ technical problems• Studying and learning from industry recognized Amazon senior and Principal engineers.We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:Chennai, TN, INDBASIC QUALIFICATIONS- Experience programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby- Experience tools for automation (building, testing, releasing or monitoring)PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS- Knowledge of and proficiency in the use of Python scripting language- Experience on highly concurrent, high throughput systems and knowledge of complex distributed systems- Experience on pipelines, environments, deployment process will be an added advantage

Quality Assurance Engineer, Ring HW/SW

Amazon, Chennai, Tennessee

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 4+ years of quality assurance engineering experience- Experience in manual testing- Experience in automation testing- Experience scripting or coding- Experience as QA lead on medium to large sized projects- 4+ years in software/firmware testing and SW/HW integration,- 2+ years of embedded firmware testing experience- Experience in drafting Software and firmware test development and automation for devices Knowledge of databases, SQL, and scripting languages- Experience in building quality tooling, managing infrastructure and be able to communicate effectively with stakeholders- Proficiency in, at least, one programming language such as C++, Java, or PythonDESCRIPTIONRing HW/SW development Org is looking for a Quality Assurance Engineer with a strong background in firmware engineering to raise quality bar in embedded systems application. You will be responsible for the quality of Ring core products including doorbell camera, security camera, and other new products. Ideal candidate would be passionate about building and testing IOT products. They have Passion for embedded software quality assurance, backed by a minimum of 4 years of embedded software test/quality assurance experience. They are responsive, flexible, and able to succeed in a highly ambiguous but collaborative peer environment.Key job responsibilitiesAs a Firmware Test Engineer, you will play a vital role in ensuring the quality and reliability of our firmware that powers Amazon's innovative smart home solutions. You will collaborate closely with firmware developers, hardware engineers, and quality assurance team members to design, execute, and automate test plans, procedures, and test cases specific to Ring smart home devices. You will strategize, develop, and manage quality assurance measures and testing standards for new applications and/or enhancements to existing applications. You will architect, standardized, and execute manual and automated testing methodologies across multiple products/projects that enables high quality deliverables. You will also create detailed test plans and test cases and create quality KPI and take actions to drive the teams to deliver perfect quality products and re-validations.A day in the lifeJoining our team gives you the opportunity to :• Bring your customer obsession to bear on creating world-class experiences. You'll test functionality, APIs/SDK, scaling, performance, and security, for software and services.• Work with great developers, PMs, and other QAEs to automate testing, perform manual testing for end-to-end experiences, and provide the team a clear picture of our product's quality.• Propose improvements to our existing processes and tools in order to improve the team's speed, quality, and efficiency.About the teamRing, since its founding in 2013, has been on a mission to make neighborhoods safer. From the video doorbell, to Ring Alarm, which was named #1 in Customer Satisfaction for DIY Home Security Systems by J.D. Power, Ring's smart home security product line, as well as the Neighbors app, offer users affordable whole-home and neighborhood security. At Ring, we are committed to making home and neighborhood security accessible and effective for everyone - while working hard to bring communities together. Ring is an Amazon company. For more information, visit www.ring.com. With Ring, you're always home.We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:Chennai, TN, INDPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS- Experience with at least one automated test framework like Selenium or Appium- Experience in gathering test requirements to create detailed test plans and defining quality metrics to measure product quality- Experience in embedded systems application with devices- Experience Developing and executing comprehensive firmware test plans, test cases, and test procedures for smart home devices- Shows creativity and initiative to improve product coverage and effectiveness- Knowledge of industry standard test automation tools and experience developing product test harnesses- Experience with Android, iOS or other mobile application development or testing- Experience with open source tools and resources- Experience working closely with development and business teams.Salary: . Date posted: 04/02/2024 10:17 PM

Sr, Software Development Engineer, Alexa Communications

Amazon, Chennai, Tennessee

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience- 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience- 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience- Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering teamDESCRIPTIONAlexa is the personal assistant and cloud service that powers the next generation of ambient computing devices, devices designed around your voice. We believe voice is the most natural user interface for interacting with technology across many domains. At Alexa Communications, we are inventing the future of global, multimedia communications. It's still Day One for the Alexa Communications team - we have a lot to innovate and build to make communication through Alexa devices a magical experience. And now you can send a message, make a call, play announcements, or drop in on your closest friends & family via Alexa devices or the Alexa app! The Alexa communications team is working to become the most natural way for people to communicate, and the challenge ahead is significant. We're a high energy, fast growth business excited to have the opportunity to define the future of voice-controlled communications, make Alexa even more useful, and delight customers around the world. You'll be joining a team building cutting edge LLM powered distributed systems to enable world class, highly scalable, and user friendly systems as we aspire to connect people together through Alexa!Key job responsibilitiesAs a key member of the engineering team, you will have influence on our product and technology strategy by helping define the product features, refine system architecture, and spearhead best practices that enable a quality product. You will be successfully setting up the architecture foundation for the next phase of the product and beyond. A commitment to teamwork, hustle, and strong communication skills (to both business and technical partners) are absolute requirements. Creating a reliable, scalable, and high-performance service requires exceptional technical expertise, a sound understanding of the fundamentals of Computer Science, and practical experience building large-scale distributed systems. You should enjoy working on complex system software, is customer-centric, and feels strongly about building good software as well as making that software achieve its operational goals.We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:Chennai, TN, INDPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS- 5+ 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 equivalentSalary: . Date posted: 04/04/2024 09:28 AM

Quality Assurance Engineer, Ring HW/SW

Amazon, Chennai, Tennessee

Software Development Engineer,SDEII(L5)

Amazon, Chennai, Tennessee

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 languageDESCRIPTIONThe Creator Tools Team owns self-service content creator tools in addition to the WW Kindle content quality standard and related tech. Our vision is to enable all content creators to prepare and publish their ideated work in a fast, easy, and low-cost manner to Kindle. We help our customers get quality right from the first read as they provide the widest selection books with unique Kindle features for our readers. We builds tools for content creators (authors, publishers, conversion houses, and eBook developers) to create, format and validate content and guard the content quality by notifying issues to the authors/publishers. The flagship products team handles are: 1) Kindle Create - Tool for authors to create, format, edit and enrich with unique Kindle features, 2) Kindle Desktop Previewer - Desktop tool to validate and improve the quality of Kindle books. Both are C++ desktop applications (PC and MAC) built using QT. 3) OPR- An online previewing tool to validate and correct content before publishing. 4)Quasar - Author/Publisher feedback and communication dashboard.We aim to provide best quality reading experience to every reader from the first read, and we do it by providing authors and publishers set of tools to create/validate their content for publishing, by automating quality checks and surfacing related issues at pre-publication and/or pre-ingestion points. Our customers are readers, content creators and KCQ (Kindle Content Quality) operations team. We are backed by ML algorithms which can run through millions of books with varied format, content, language etc to identify the top quality issues. We detect them quicker with very high precision and we either automatically fix them (based on copyright permission) or show them when they are proofing their content using our tools or we reach out to our Content creators via our Quality Dashboard and fix via them on time.As part of the team, you will invent, design and develop end-to-end features to make book creation experience simpler and high quality. The ideal SDE-2 (L5) candidate is clearly passionate about delivering experiences that delight customers and creating solutions that are robust. A commitment to team work, hustle, and strong communication skills (to both business and technical partners) are absolute requirements. Creating reliable, scalable, and high performance products requires exceptional technical expertise, a sound understanding of the fundamentals of Computer Science. This person has thrived and succeeded in fast paced environment where learning new concepts quickly is a must.Key job responsibilities- As a member of the team, you will spend your time as a hands-on engineer and a technical leader who takes ownership of business/technical problem end to end. You will play a key role in defining the architecture for software using a wide range of technologies, programming languages and systems. You will be given the freedom to explore your own ideas with the reward of seeing your code raise the bar for millions of Amazon customers worldwide, including your own family and friends.- You will interface with product manager & stakeholders to understand the business requirements. You will author detailed design covering process/data flow diagrams, key trade-offs, technology & cost considerations that you will review with your team's SDEs/Sr. SDEs as well as impacted upstream/downstream interface SDEs/Sr. SDEs to incorporate feedback resulting in well thought out high quality designs.- You will engage in design reviews within team as well as within org with aim of providing feedback to elevate the quality of designs. You will engage in various team ceremonies like code reviews, daily standup, sprint planning, backlog grooming, sprint retros, operational excellence hand-offs.- You will actively engage in operational support for your team, and ensure that the root causes of operational issues are identified and resolved. You don't settle for the status quo, and routinely identify and execute on opportunities to improve your team's operations.- We embrace the challenges of a fast paced market and evolving technologies, paving the way to high quality content available to readers from the first read. You will be encouraged to see the big picture, be innovative, and positively impact millions of customers.- Successful candidates for this position will have a background in Java, C#, or C++. Equally important to these specific skills is a candidate's ability to multi-task, adapt quickly to new development environments and changing business requirements, learn new systems, gain new skills, create reliable & maintainable code, and find creative, scalable solutions to difficult problems.- The ability to communicate clearly and concisely both written and orally is a key competency as is demonstrable skill as a self-starter. We are looking for candidates who are passionate about delivering consistently to our customers, particularly those who want to grow within a world-class engineering team.We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:Chennai, TN, INDPREFERRED 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- Strong Computer Science fundamentals like problem solving, data structures and algorithms Development and debugging experience in Mac or Windows, create reliable and maintainable code Design and architecture knowledge, and familiarity with object oriented design patterns Proficiency in programming languages such as C, C++, C# and/or Java 4+ years of software development experience Communicate clearly and concisely in both written form and orally.Salary: . Date posted: 04/10/2024 09:15 AM

Software Development Engineer - II

Amazon, Chennai, TN, IN

DESCRIPTIONInterested in solving hard technical problems that have a direct impact to our business and customers?We are looking for a talented SDE to join the Digital Catalog Management team. We are a part of the Digital Acceleration (DA) org that develops and supports foundational services that enable Digital businesses like Prime Video, Books, Music, Appstore and Games to launch new products and subscriptions.Amazon's Digital Catalog Management teams build enterprise scale systems that will aid in providing our customers with the best selection of ebooks, Android Applications and other digital products. Providing our customers with the best and largest catalog of digital product is our goal. So, getting these products on site accurately and quickly is an engineering problem that we welcome smart engineers to come and solve with us. In this position, you will have the opportunity to work with the latest generic and Amazon technologies, yet leave your own stamp in Amazon using your creativity and passion. You will be working with a group of extremely smart engineers as passionate about software development as you are.As a Software Development Engineer, you will develop key product features within new strategic initiatives at Amazon. You'll be involved in all phases of the product life cycle: roadmap planning, design, coding, test, deployment, and operational ownership. A successful candidate will have strong customer experience and product judgment, rigorous technical grounding, broad hands-on engineering expertise, ability to quickly pick up new domain-specific knowledge, great communication skills, and passion to build and iterate in a fast-paced agile environment. You will also be able to foster these traits and skills in other engineers.You will have an opportunity to impact the customer experience, implementation, and robustness of cutting edge products that will be used every day by people you know. As in all of our roles, we're looking for people who love inventing on behalf of customers, who demonstrate a high degree of product ownership, and who want to have fun while they make history.We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:Chennai, TN, INDBASIC 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 languagePREFERRED 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

Senior Software Dev Engineer, Alexa Home Productivity (AHP)

Amazon, Chennai, Tennessee

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience- 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience- 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience- Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering teamDESCRIPTIONAlexa Home Productivity makes household life more convenient and fulfilling, building capabilities for Alexa to understand and support the daily habits of every member of an Alexa home.As a SDE, you will be responsible for designing, developing, testing, and deploying solutions for Alexa Home Productivity and enterprise customers. In this role, you will collaborate closely with Alexa Home Productivity domains and many other teams and functions to influence our overall strategy and define the team's roadmap. You will also drive the system architecture, spearhead best practices that enable a quality product, and help coach and develop junior engineers. A successful candidate will have an established background in engineering large scale software systems, a strong technical ability, great communication skills, and a motivation to achieve results in a fast paced environment.Key job responsibilitiesWe are looking for a passionate, hard-working, and talented senior software engineer who has experience building innovative applications that customers love. You will build new services and experiences from ground up, will be a technical leader and have impact tech design, architecture, and implementation of Alexa features.In this role, you will take a pragmatic and iterative approach to building software: You will simplify and get things done while experimenting on rapid iterations on the new concepts. You will need to be a focused and thoughtful leader of your team who works effectively internal partners.We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:Chennai, TN, INDPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS- 5+ 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 equivalentSalary: . Date posted: 04/16/2024 09:03 AM

Software Dev Engineer II, Alexa Home Productivity (AHP)

Amazon, Chennai, Tennessee

Software Development Engineer-II, Amazon

Amazon, Chennai, TN, IN

DESCRIPTION Amazon.com is looking for a talented and enthusiastic Software Development Engineer to join the Digital Acceleration Commerce team. The Digital Acceleration Commerce team owns services supporting the publishing, pricing and purchase of Digital content, including Kindle Books, Amazon AppStore, Amazon Music, Amazon Video, etc. This candidate will be joining a team working on scalable web services using cloud technologies. The work will be highly visible to Amazon customers and internal stakeholders. As a Software Development Engineer, this person will lead the architecture and development of high-scale web services and workflows. A successful candidate will have an established background in designing and developing back-end web services, strong technical skills, a motivation to achieve results in a fast-paced environment, high creativity, and great analytical reasoning skills.We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:Chennai, TN, INDBASIC 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 languagePREFERRED 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