DESCRIPTION

Are you looking for a role that positively impacts millions of customers across the globe? As a software development engineer on the Fire TV core experiences team, you will design and implement products that enable video service partners (Prime Video Channels, IMDb TV, Twitch, etc) to surface & promote content as part of Fire TV customer experiences. These blog entries best describe what our team has delivered to delight our customers over the years:

https://amazonfiretv.blog/continue-watching-feature-comes-to-fire-tv-home-screen-00699b5be5a3

https://amazonfiretv.blog/introducing-the-new-live-tab-on-fire-tv-4240c6ffc09a

Key job responsibilities
Develop key features for FireTV product initiatives associated with partner enablement

Build technical architecture between multiple complex systems

Document designs and architecture and review with stakeholders

Scope and help prioritize feature request with product management

Drive continuous improvements with the team’s processes

Proactively identify and resolve technical risks and issues that may impair the team’s ability to deliver

A day in the life
You will improve the onboarding / development experience through reducing unnecessary contact points, increase developer confidence, and shorten the overall time to onboard.

You will have opportunities to build applications from the ground up; we have vertical ownership in the software stack, which allows you to flex across backend cloud services (AWS DynamoDb, ElasticSearch, S3), Android application development (Java/Kotlin), and developer tools (React).

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 language

PREFERRED 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