Amazon

Mobile phone and DSLR users took over a trillion photos in 2017 and the trend shows no signs of slowing. These users need ways to safely and securely archive, share and re-live these memories. This is where Amazon Photos comes in.  
  
Amazon Photos helps everyday photographers and pros alike preserve and re-live a lifetime of memories. The service comes with unlimited photo storage for Prime members and apps are available on iOS, Android, Web, Desktop, Fire Tablet & Fire TV. The service is integrated into Alexa devices such as Echo Show and Echo Spot as well as FireTV. Photos is Amazons latest digital service released on the heels of the Amazons Music and Video offerings and is poised for growth.  
  
What you will do: You will provide technical leadership and vision to the teams building Amazon Photos solutions for Mac and Windows (primarily with Xamarin and C#, though we use many technologies). You will ensure that the best engineering practices are followed and that our software is designed to be responsive, reliable and maintainable. You will be a key influencer in our product vision, working with our great designers and product team to build software that millions use. You will work closely with other teams throughout Amazon to design and architect solutions that will scale to hundreds of millions of customers. You will build new apps and build great new features to our existing desktop apps. You will be a role model and mentor for other engineers on the team.  
  
What we are looking for: You are an experienced Software Engineer who has shipped great software. Youve done a bit of everything building scalable services, websites, desktop software, perhaps even written an app or two for your phone. You like building client applications and enjoy the desktops freedom and the ability to do things that you just cannot do on other client platforms. You spend most of your time using higher level language constructs because that is usually the fastest way to get things done, but you will get your hands dirty with OS API calls when you need to. You know that a great desktop app not only does the job, but does it with a great flow and look and feel. You love building software that makes people say wow, that is amazing and I did not know you could do that. You love working with a smart, talented team because you know that makes you better. You love solving complex problems with simple code.  
  
Why you want to be on the Photos team: Were passionate technology professionals, photographers and photo enthusiasts who are genuinely excited about how we can make preserving and re-living digital photographs a simple joy. Were a close-knit team of friendly, collaborative people who love working together and having fun together. Were super smart and love learning. And did I mention that we also love our dogs?  
  
The ideal candidate will write introductory email like this when applying for the role: Im a skilled software developer with who gets fired up when building awesome applications that users love to use. I understand the nuances of client side computing, having build apps for mobile devices, desktop environments or both. Im also comfortable working in a full, multi-tiered application/service stack. Im comfortable with freedom and ambiguity, especially when solving problems that havent been solved before. I really enjoy mentoring other developers. I am excited by the Amazon Photos business and the prospect of working in an entrepreneurial environment to help a new business scale.

Software Development Engineer at Amazon (Seattle, WA)

Amazon Photos helps consumers preserve and re-live a lifetime of memories. The service comes with unlimited photo storage for Prime members and we have apps on iOS, Android, Web, Desktop, Fire Tablet & Fire TV. The service is integrated into Alexa devices such as Echo Show and Echo Spot. Photos is Amazons latest digital service released on the heels of the Amazons Music and Video offerings and is poised for growth. The team is looking for a motivated Data Engineer to help build a Data Lake with distributed compute capabilities, including processes for optimized data retention, archival, and retrieval.  
  
This role requires the individual to bring a solid Big Data background and skillset, an established analytical framework, deep knowledge of business intelligence solutions, and ability to work under ambiguous circumstances. Successful candidate will have strong passion for data and analytics with strong attention to detail, an ability to work in a fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment, and driven by a desire to innovate Amazons approach to this space.  
  
  
The ideal candidate for this role will write this as their introductory email:  
I have worked as a Data Engineer for 5+ years and have been a key member of team [X] that was responsible for building and maintaining a Data Lake with distributed compute capabilities using open source architecture and Big Data platforms such as EMR, Hadoop, Hive, Spark, DynamoDB among others (Ownership, Learn and Be Curious, Dive Deep). In this capacity, I have designed, implemented, and maintained a cutting-edge and cost-effective data-infrastructure for large scale data, created and managed large datasets by extracting, transforming, merging, and loading data from various heterogeneous data sources. I have put in place processes to help maintain data integrity, availability, and auditability. I played a key role in managing AWS resources and driving the adoption of new technologies and best practices with respect to Big Data (Deliver Results, Earn Trust). I have also been involved with the Business Intelligence team in improving our processes, putting in systems in place for scaling BI reporting and building automation (Invent and Simplify, Insist on High Standards). I am excited by the early stage nature of Amazon Photos and excited to contribute in an entrepreneurial environment.

Sr. Data Engineer at Amazon (Seattle, WA)

Alexa is the Amazon cloud service that powers Echo device families including Echo, Echo Dot, Echo Plus, Echo Show and Echo Spot. The Echo device families are the groundbreaking Amazon devices designed around your voice. We believe voice is the most natural user interface for interacting with technology across many domains; we are inventing the future.  
Work hard. Have fun. Make history.  
The Role:  
We are looking for experienced Software Development Engineer to join our team for the development of our cloud platform that enables innovative speech devices like Amazon Echo. Your job will be to work with multiple software engineers and other team members, Product and Program Managers to design and develop new ways of providing exciting and compelling experiences. You'll be working with senior engineers and principle engineers to improve performance, latency, stability and availability of large scale distributed systems. You'll measure your success by the quality of your execution, the pace of innovation you help drive, and the increased satisfaction you deliver. If youre ready to make a difference at a company that matters, if you want huge challenges to tackle, we would love to talk to you.  
We are looking for passionate, hard-working, and talented Software Engineers who have experience building innovative, mission critical, high volume applications. You will have an enormous opportunity to make a large impact on the design and architecture of cutting edge products used every day, by people you know..  
Professional traits that are not unique to this position, but necessary for Amazon leaders:  
· Exhibits excellent judgment  
· Hires and develops great people  
· Has relentlessly high standards (is never satisfied with the status quo)  
· Is able to dive deep and is never out of touch with the details of the business or the technology  
· Expects and requires innovation of her/his team  
· Has passion and convictions and the innate ability to inspire passion in others  
· Strong results orientation and thinks big

Software Development Engineer at Amazon (Santa Clara, CA)

Software Development Engineer - Alexa Connected Devices at Amazon (Santa Clara, CA)

Mobile phone and DSLR users took over a trillion photos in 2017 and the trend shows no signs of slowing. These users need ways to safely and securely archive, share and re-live these memories. Enter Amazon Photos.  
  
Amazon Photos helps everyday photographers and pros alike preserve and re-live a lifetime of memories. The service comes with unlimited photo storage for Prime members and apps are available on iOS, Android, Web, Desktop, Fire Tablet & Fire TV. The service is integrated into Alexa devices such as Echo Show and Echo Spot as well as FireTV. Photos is Amazons latest digital service released on the heels of the Amazons Music and Video offerings and is poised for growth.  
  
What you will do: You will lead two teams of talented and experienced engineers that own two of the primary customer touch-points: the Amazon Photos Web and Desktop clients. Your teams are building these solutions using cutting edge technologies and approaches that you will continue to evolve. Youll be diving deep into tough technical challenges, especially around scale (some of our users have millions of photos in their collections). You'll have the freedom (and encouragement) to experiment, improve, invent, and innovate on behalf of our customers. And finally you will have the satisfaction of being able to look back and say you were a key contributor to how people save and relive their fondest memories. You will be working closely with senior leadership, product managers and your highly motivated peers from within Amazon Photos.  
  
What we are looking for: We are looking for a talented Software Development Manager with a strong technical background and solid people management skills to build, manage and develop highly-capable and experienced engineering teams. We are seeking leaders that can guide technical and product innovation in the areas of web and desktop applications. Strong judgment and communication skills, long term technical vision, and continuous focus on engineering and operational excellence are essential for the success in this role.  
  
Why you want to be on the Photos team: Were passionate technology professionals, photographers and photo enthusiasts who are genuinely excited about how we can make preserving and re-living digital photographs a simple joy. Were a close-knit team of friendly, collaborative people who love working together and having fun together. And did I mention that we love our dogs?  
  
The ideal candidate will write introductory email like this when applying for the role: Ive worked in agile software development for 5[+] years developing high quality web and/or desktop applications. I understand the nuances of client side computing, specifically how to turn requirements and design specs into compelling features that are rock-solid and high-performing at scale. Ive led software development teams and/or projects and am excited about continuing to grow my leadership skills so I can help my teams achieve their maximum potential. I am excited by the Amazon Photos business and the prospect of working in an entrepreneurial environment to help a new business scale.

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