Software Development Engineer, Fire TV

Amazon • Sunnyvale, CA

11h

About The Position

Are you interested in jumping into the driver’s seat of our sensational FireTV
partner products? We are looking for exceptional talent to join as Software
Development Engineer in the Fire TV team.

Our charter is to provide customers and partners a compelling, secure, and
robust experience with a steady flow of engaging new features throughout the
lifetime of a device.

As a member of the team, you will be working with business partners, software
development engineers and testers UI/UX designers to design, implement, test,
launch, document, and maintain complex software applications, tools, and
systems. You will have significant influence on our overall strategy by helping
define these product features, drive the system architecture, and spearhead the
best practices that enable a quality product. You will learn a variety of
cutting-edge technologies, development processes, and develop well-rounded
skills such as leadership, and effective project management. You will also
mentor junior software development engineers.

FireTV 3P engineering team is chartered to bring enchanting FireTV experiences
to third party devices. This is an opportunity to design, develop and own the
software that disrupts TV viewing experience and impact billions of viewers and
devices.

We are spinning up a greenfield engineering team to build tools and technologies
which will redefine the way 3P partners build their TVs on FireTV ecosystem.
With exciting roadmap and launches planned ahead. FireTV 3P engineering team
will independently own, deliver and support end to end product journey for
partners.

Requirements

• 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
• 2+ years of Android development experience

Nice To Haves

• 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

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver distributed software solutions — Design, develop, implement, test, and document distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services that meet high standards for reliability and performance
• Collaborate with stakeholders to deliver impact — Work closely with cross-functional stakeholders and partners to translate functional requirements into robust, efficient, and supportable solutions that integrate well within the overall system architecture
• Evaluate and recommend technology choices — Assess new and existing software products and tools, providing technical recommendations that balance innovation with maintainability and team productivity
• Build system infrastructure on AOSP — Develop system infrastructure and features based on AOSP (Android Open Source Project), contributing to the platform's core capabilities and performance
• Mentor junior engineers — Guide junior engineers through technical challenges, code reviews, and best practices, helping to raise the technical bar across the team

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level