Software Development Engineer, Amazon Photos on Devices...

Amazon Photos helps consumers preserve and re-live their 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 also integrated into Alexa devices such as Echo Show and Echo Spot. Amazon Photos is the latest digital offering to consumers released on the heels of the Amazon Music and Amazon Video offerings. We have ambitious goals to scale growth and adoption of the service around the world and delight our customers with a great product.

What you will do : You will provide technical leadership to the teams building Amazon Photos solutions for Echo Show, FireTV, Fire Tablet and Alexa Mobile. 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 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 be a role model and mentor for other engineers on the team. You will be part of a strong team in a fast-paced, start-up like environment where agile development is embraced and innovation is encouraged.

What we are looking for : You are an experienced Software Engineer who has shipped great software. You have built a variety of client software that connects to back end services, balancing the number of service calls and a fast response to the user. You like building client applications and enjoy the freedom and the ability to do things in the mobile space that you just cannot do on other client platforms. You know that a great mobile 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.

Check out these videos / articles to learn more about Amazon Photos and our products :

• Amazon Photos blog : https : / / amazonphotos.blog /
• Deliver Memories at Amazon Photos : https : / / www.youtube.com / watch?v=cJ0WMBfzZMI
• Memories brought onto the big screen with Amazon Photos and FireTV : https : / / www.youtube.com / watch?v=65qg-Ht9Cj0
• Configure your Echo Show with Amazon Photos : https : / / www.youtube.com / watch?v=PRoM-oIxKBY

We'd love for you to apply, even if you feel unsure about whether you meet every single requirement in this posting. At Amazon Photos, we're looking for people invigorated by our mission, not just those who simply check off all the boxes.

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About the team

We’re technology professionals, photographers and photo enthusiasts who are genuinely passionate about how we can make preserving and re-living digital photographs a simple joy. We’re a close-knit team of friendly, collaborative people. We’re super smart and love learning. - 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience

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