Software Development Engineer

Job description

DESCRIPTION

Amazon Lab126 is an inventive research and development company that designs and engineers high-profile consumer electronics. Lab126 began in 2004 as a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc., originally creating the best-selling Kindle family of products. Since then, we have produced groundbreaking devices like Fire tablets, Fire TV and Amazon Echo. What will you help us create?

The Role:
We are looking for a passionate, hard-working, and talented Software Development Engineer who can drive the development of a web engine that powers applications on consumer electronic devices. You will have an enormous opportunity to make a large impact on the design, architecture, and implementation of cutting edge products used every day, by people you know.

As a Software Development Engineer – Web Technologies, you will engage with an experienced cross-disciplinary staff to conceive and design innovative consumer products. You must be responsive, flexible and able to succeed within an open collaborative peer environment. In this role, you will:
· Prepare technical requirements and software design specifications
· Instill best practices for software development and documentation, assure designs meet requirements, and deliver exceptional-quality work on tight schedules
· Develop embedded software solutions

Desired profile

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

· Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related technical field
· 2+ years of experience in software development in C/C++ and Java
· Computer Science fundamentals in data structures, algorithm design and problem solving
· Design and architecture experience, as well as knowledge of object oriented design patterns
· Experience working on a large scale deployments and performance tuning.
· Familiarity with current Web standards including latest HTML, CSS and JavaScript standards Experience with embedded Linux devices
· Experience working with Android distributions