Application Engineer

Job description

DESCRIPTION

Kindle has changed the way books are published, sold, and read across the globe. Independent authors are now able to publish and sell direct to readers through Kindle and print-on-demand offerings enabling them to reach audiences never before available. Kindle readers are able to download any book in any language in sixty seconds. Come be a part of changing the way the world reads.

Amazon is looking for talented and enthusiastic application engineers to join the Kindle Content Organization. The Kindle Analytics and Royalties team is responsible for providing accurate and timely royalty calculations for all Kindle and print-on-demand book sales. Publishers and authors of all shapes and sizes rely on Amazon to correctly account for all book sales so that they are paid correctly.

Application Engineers on the Kindle Royalties team are responsible for implementing, maintaining, and supporting the code for Amazon's various book compensation models.

The successful candidate will be joining a team that plays a significant role in the operation of our Kindle Content business. Our team deals with all aspects of Kindle royalties and analytics, including building software systems that determine royalties for Kindle Unlimited and print on demand books. This role focuses on owning specific royalty plans as executed by our platform systems.

This role is a significant departure from a typical support/application engineering role, and provides many opportunities to interact with various businesses and development teams around the digital organization and grow within the team.

Day to day responsibilities include:

· Working with development teams to design, develop, and investigate new use cases on the royalty platform
· Working with product management and business partners to understand new royalty plans
· Building configurations to launch new business initiatives
· Building documentation to aid developers in their onboarding

Desired profile

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

· B.S. in Computer Science, Engineering or a related technical field
· 1-4 years overall development/technical support experience
· Knowledge of the UNIX/Linux operating system
· Ability to write intermediate-level SQL queries
· Experience with object oriented programming languages such as Java, C/C++ or C#