Jobs in Amazon, need Software Development Engineer

Job Title:

Software Development Engineer

Company:

Amazon

Location:

Seattle, WA

Job Status / Type:

FULLTIME

Reference Code:

264517

Contact Information

Company:

Amazon

URL:

www.amazon.com

The ideal candidate will be a leader, builder and operator. He/she should be able to operate in a very fast paced environment where time to hit market is super critical. The leader needs to balance technical leadership and savvy with strong business judgment to make the right decisions about technology choices.

• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent combination of technical education and work experience;
• 5+ years of Software Development experience;
• Strong, object-oriented design and coding skills (C/C++ and/or Java on a UNIX or Linux platform)
• Solid software development background including design patterns, data structures, test driven development
• Experience with distributed (multi-tiered) systems, algorithms, and relational databases
• Software development experience in JSP, Spring, AWS, S3, SQS, building web services and highly scalable applications
• Knowledge of Perl or other scripting languages a plus
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related technical discipline
• Deep hands-on technical expertise
• Ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• A deep understanding of software development in a team, and a track record of shipping software on time
• Exceptional customer relationship skills including the ability to discover the true requirements underlying feature requests, recommend alternative technical and business approaches