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Description

Are you interested in shaping the future of what people watch on television? The Amazon Kindle, Kindle Fire, Echo and FireTV are revolutionary consumer devices that have become the #1 best-selling Amazon products. They are among the most innovative and fastest growing businesses at both Amazon and the entire consumer electronics industry. In Fire TV, we are building exciting experiences and driving new customer interactions with our popular and growing entertainment platform and want to find someone passionate about creating awesome products. Here you will drive key engineering and business decisions that impact Amazon’s long-term vision, which includes rapid expansion and innovation in the delivery of media entertainment through Alexa and other means.

We are looking for passionate, hard-working, and talented software engineers with experience working on computer graphics, that can help develop and enhance the Ambient experience on Fire TV. This is a high visibility team where you will get a chance to make a positive impact on customer experience and work on cool, innovative features that help differentiate Fire TVs from competitors. Want to work on AI generated artwork? Check. Want to work on dynamic artwork that changes based on weather and time? Check. This is an enormous opportunity to lead the design, architecture, and implementation of products used every day by people you know.

Key job responsibilities

In this role, you will:

• Develop Android application software for product initiatives.

• Investigate, prototype, and deliver new and innovative software applications.

• Deliver high quality software through working in a dynamic, team-focused Agile/Scrum environment.

• Write clean, maintainable code and perform peer code-reviews.

• Work with other team members to investigate design approaches, prototype new technology and evaluate technical feasibility

• Establish architectural principles, select design patterns and then mentor team members on their appropriate application

• Work closely with internal teams to prioritize, design and build custom applications

• Interact directly with internal and external partners to identify app requirements

A day in the life

As a Mid-level Software Developer, you will be a tech lead for features involving other engineers in design, development, and testing. A successful candidate will have an established background in developing user-facing experiences, strong technical abilities, excellent task management skills, great communication skills, and a motivation to achieve results in a high impact environment. You will be helping to hire and develop your team and systems. In this role, you will:

Prioritize well, communicate clearly, and have a consistent track record of delivery

Contribute to the overall systems development lifecycle of key product subsystems

Manage and execute against project plans and delivery commitments

Manage day-to-day activities within an Agile/Scrum environment

Work closely with the engineers to architect and develop the best technical design and approach

Report on status of development, quality, operations, and system performance to management

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

• 2+ years of full stack development experience

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.