Description

　　Amazon introduced the first Kindle in 2007 — at that time, it offered 90,000 eBooks and sold out 5.5 hours after the announcement. Since then, we have expanded to become the best-selling e-reader family in the world. We have also produced groundbreaking devices like Fire tablets, Fire TV, and more recently Amazon Echo and Alexa, the voice service that powers Echo and other devices so customers can play music, control their smart homes, and get information, news, weather, and more, using just their voice.

　　Device Software & Services (DS2) is responsible for many of the backend services and software which enables the customer experience across the different device families.

　　In this role you will develop services and tools to support the localization of the entire Amazon device experience. The localization team is developing a product suite of offerings which can ingest, transform, validate, leverage and interact with ML and AI models to improve both the quality and effective delivery of localized assets. Hundreds of feature teams rely on seamless and timely delivery of validated localized assets for inclusion in Device Software OS and Applications. One central problem to solve is how to continue to scale year over year without lowering quality and how to leverage ML and AI to the maximum.

　　Key job responsibilities

　　• Defining the technology strategy and architecture for a greenfield initiative

　　• Work with team members to devise design approaches, prototype new technology and evaluate technical feasibility

　　• Work in an Agile/Scrum environment to deliver high quality software against tight schedules

　　• You will apply knowledge of technology options, technology platforms, and design techniques and approaches to design an integrated solution to address business requirements

　　• You will interface with other engineers on the team for peer reviews and with a diverse set of customers (Program Managers, business stakeholders etc.) on understanding business objectives, gathering requirements and delivering solutions

　　• Establishing technical standards across the organization to improve engineering excellence and promote industry standard best practices

　　A day in the life

　　A typical week will involve you continuing to design or code against your Sprint items. You may be conducting a review of a new initiative or design to gather feedback and input from senior developers or customers. You will contribute to other team members ideas via stand-up, code reviews or formal reviews.

　　You will interact with your customers to gather information, clarify their requirements or demo your progress to them.

　　The above actions and others will all contribute to the teams prioritised goals.

　　About the team

　　The localization tech team is made of a mix of SDE, SDE-Test, Localization Engineers, Quality Assurance Engineers and tech managers which support them. We are located in Chennai and Seattle, USA predominantly. The team works on a common set of goals which are aimed at furthering the services offered to our internal customers.

　　Inclusive team culture

　　At Amazon we embrace our differences and we are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We host annual and ongoing learning experiences. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 14 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust

　　Work Life Balance

　　We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfillment. We offer flexibility in working hours and encourage you to find your own balance between your work and personal lives.

　　Mentorship& Career Growth

　　Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded professional.

　　We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

　　Guadalajara, JAL, MEX

　　Basic Qualifications

　　4+ 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

　　4+ 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