About the position
Do you want a role with deep meaning and the ability to make a massive impact? Hiring top talent is not only critical to Amazon’s success—it can literally change the world. It took a lot of great hires to deliver innovations like AWS, Prime, and Alexa, which make life better for millions of customers around the world every day. As part of the Intelligent Talent Acquisition (ITA) team, you'll have the opportunity to reinvent the hiring process and deliver unprecedented scale, sophistication, and accuracy that Amazon's Talent Acquisition operations need. ITA is an industry-leading people science and technology organization made up of scientists, engineers, analysts, product professionals and more. Our shared goal is to fairly and precisely connect the right people to the right jobs. Last year, we delivered over 6 million online candidate assessments, replacing the 'game of chance' with a merit-based approach that gives candidates the chance to showcase their true skills. Each year we help Amazon deliver billions of packages around the world by making it possible to hire hundreds of thousands of associates in the right quantity, at the right location and at exactly the right time. You’ll work on state-of-the-art research, advanced software tools, new AI systems, and machine learning algorithms to solve complex hiring challenges. Leveraging Amazon's in-house tech stack built on AWS, you'll have the autonomy and flexibility to bring innovative solutions to life. One day, we can bring these solutions to the rest of the world. Join ITA in using cutting-edge technologies to transform the hiring landscape and make a meaningful difference in people's lives. Together, we can solve the world's toughest hiring problems.
Responsibilities
- Lead development and launch of some of the core product features to help with processing analytics at scale.
- Have significant influence on our overall strategy by helping define these product features.
- Drive the system architecture.
- Spearhead the best practices that enable a quality product.
Requirements
- Experience (non-internship) in professional software development.
- Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience with full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
