Software Development Engineer, E-reader products
at Amazon
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Join Amazon's E-reader platform team responsible for the operating system stack (C/C++) and low-level components that enable weeks of battery life on E-readers. You will work on embedded development for a platform that enables applications on top of the OS, including the recent Colored Kindle Scribe. The role emphasizes owning design and architecture while building energy-efficient, high-performance systems with autonomy to push boundaries. The team seeks someone with strong experience across the full software development lifecycle and a passion for delivering reliable, scalable embedded software.
About the team
Are you looking at creating value for millions of customers as we launch more E-readers with additional capabilities? Do you want to work at a company where you are the owner, where you are encouraged to build, and where you have the autonomy to push boundaries? Do you have a passion for creating an operating system that is an enabler for builders that create applications on top of it? This describes your daily journey. Are you ready? Then join us!
Basic Qualifications
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience- Experience programming with at least one software programming language
- 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience in embedded development in C/C++
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
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