Software Development Engineer - C++

Job description

DESCRIPTION

Amazon Digital Music - Shop, Stream, Live.
Imagine being a part of a small, agile team where your ideas have the potential to reach millions within a matter of months. Picture working on cutting edge consumer-facing products, where every single team member is a critical voice in the decision-making process. Envision being able to leverage the resources of a Fortune-500 company within the atmosphere of a start-up. Welcome to Amazon Music, where ideas are born, and come to life as Prime Music, and the Digital Music store.

Everyone on our team has a meaningful impact on product features, direction, and delivery. We are looking for new team members across a variety of job functions including software engineering/development, marketing, design, ops and more. Come join us and make history by launching exciting new projects in the coming year.

In San Francisco we own and develop the production of Amazon's core digital music services, Prime Music Streaming and the digital music store, through experiences such as the web player and the Amazon Music mobile app. Our music offerings are available in multiple countries, and our applications support our mission of delivering music to customers in a way that enhances their day-to-day lives. We can be found on platforms such as the Amazon Echo, Kindle Fire, iOS, and Android as well as on a mixture of home and auto streaming platforms. We develop software in Java, C++, Objective-C, HTML5/JavaScript, Python, and various AWS technologies.

Come innovate with the Amazon Music team!
We are located in downtown San Francisco in the heart of the financial district. We're easy to reach by bike, bus, MUNI and BART.

Who you are:
Amazon Music is looking for a talented Software Engineer to join us in revolutionizing the digital music playback experience. You will work on Amazon's leading digital music products. We have a focus on quality, so we like modular, reusable designs, continuous integration, and automated test frameworks. We love to work with smart people who have a strong sense of ownership and strong engineering mindset.

You are highly-motivated and thrive in an environment where problems are open-ended. You enjoy engaging in passionate discussions and letting the best ideas rise to the top. You see your mistakes as learning opportunities and continually look for ways to improve yourself, your team and your products. You understand that not all solutions come easily and don't shy away from hard work to reach your goals. You think a millisecond sounds like a really long time.

Desired profile

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

· Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related field
· 3+ year's professional experience of cross-platform development experience using C++
· Experience writing high performance code and doing performance tuning
· Computer Science fundamentals in object-oriented design, data structures and algorithm design, and complexity analysis