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Software Development Engineer, Podcasts
Amazon
Software Engineering
Culver City, CA, USA · Seattle, WA, USA
Posted on Oct 20, 2024
DESCRIPTION
Amazon Music is an immersive audio entertainment service that deepens connections between fans, artists, and creators. From personalized music playlists to exclusive podcasts, concert livestreams to artist merch, Amazon Music is innovating at some of the most exciting intersections of music and culture. We offer experiences that serve all listeners with our different tiers of service: Prime members get access to all the music in shuffle mode, and top ad-free podcasts, included with their membership; customers can upgrade to Amazon Music Unlimited for unlimited, on-demand access to 100 million songs, including millions in HD, Ultra HD, and spatial audio; and anyone can listen for free by downloading the Amazon Music app or via Alexa-enabled devices. Join us for the opportunity to influence how Amazon Music engages fans, artists, and creators on a global scale. Learn more at https://www.amazon.com/music.Podcasts on Amazon Music are listened to by millions of customers worldwide on iOS, Android, web, and Alexa enabled devices. But it’s still Day 1 for the podcast experience, and we’re looking for some great engineers to help us make it even better.
As a member of the Amazon Music Podcasts team, you will be responsible for leading the effort to invent and improve the ways that customers can discover, engage with, and listen to podcasts. You will create new scalable systems to fulfill customer requests, algorithms to pick the perfect podcasts, client interfaces on mobile and web that engage listeners, and services to enable customers to seamlessly resume listening on any device.
Our team is responsible for the podcast experience across Amazon Music to include our native iOS and Android applications, web player, and Alexa voice clients. Initiatives include creating intelligent podcast recommenders, designing seamless handoff between Alexa and mobile clients, surfacing content based on a customer’s prior listening, continually improving podcast search, real time transcripts, and other strategic investments to make podcasts on Amazon Music the best place to listen to podcasts.
As a software development engineer on the podcast team, you’ll have the opportunity to:
- Design and develop solutions in Swift on our Amazon Music iOS application
- Design and develop solutions in Java and Kotlin on our Amazon Music Android application
- Design and develop solutions in JavaScript and React on our Amazon Music Web application
- Design and develop scalable services on AWS to support global podcast customers
- Influence and improve our efforts to develop mobile applications at scale
- Collaborate and innovate with the Amazon Music team to drive growth and improve the experience of millions of customers across our clients and applications
Come innovate with the Amazon Music Podcasts team!
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 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
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 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
- - Bachelor's degree in computer science related fields
- - Programming experience with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design
- - Experience designing and consuming APIs across mobile and web clients
- - Experience with AWS technologies
- - Coding experience with automated testing frameworks, tools and services
- - Ability to effectively articulate technical challenges and solutions
- - Experience with native application development for iOS (Swift) or Android (Java, Kotlin)
- - Experience with web application development using JavaScript, TypeScript, React, and Redux.
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.