Description

　　Amazon has changed the way books are published, sold, and read across the globe. Independent authors and enterprise publishers are now able to publish and sell direct to readers through Kindle and print-on-demand (POD) offerings, enabling them to reach audiences never before available. Our aim is to make any book in in any language available in sixty seconds. POD offers always in-stock for any title with print facilities worldwide and leveraging Amazon fulfillment services. Come be a part of changing the way the world reads by leading technology for POD.

　　We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to own our Print-on-Demand (POD) technology for publishers, Kindle Enterprise Publishing (KEP) for POD. Our EPXP team is in sunny San Luis Obispo, CA, co-located with our File Ingestion Experience (FIX) team.

　　Key job responsibilities

　　In this role you will invent, design, and build technology across the entire book publishing process. As a full-stack engineering leader on EPXP, you will take on challenges in bulk content ingestion, the KEP publisher web portal, reporting, and Look Inside the Book (LITB). You will be responsible for contributing to the team's roadmap, improving the team's development process, mentoring engineers, and collaborating with a diverse group of business and technical partners to shape the future of our technology.

　　About the team

　　Our team builds the end-to-end services required to ensure that books never go out-of-stock, enabling the printing and shipping of books immediately after orders are placed. We strive to provide an experience that is powerful, yet simple to use and accessible to all. This role will help design and engineer the future of the book industry. We focus on building tools that enable publishers to publish high quality paperback and hardcover books, reaching readers all around the world. By providing an excellent set of tools for our publishers we will help their works reach more readers.

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

　　San Luis Obispo, CA, USA

　　Basic Qualifications

　　5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience

　　5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience

　　5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience

　　Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team

　　Preferred Qualifications

　　5+ 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

　　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.

　　Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $134,500/year in our lowest geographic market up to $261,500/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. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.