Software Development Engineer (Fixed Term Contract), Amazon Music

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Description

Amazon Music is an immersive audio entertainment service that connects fans, artists, and creators through music, podcasts, and culture. Amazon Music brings fans closer to what they love, with curated and personalized playlists, artist livestreams, artist merchandise, and Amazon Exclusive podcasts. Prime members get access to over 100 million songs in shuffle mode, All-Access playlists, plus the largest catalog of top ad-free podcasts, included with their membership. Customers can upgrade to Amazon Music Unlimited for full, on-demand access to 100 million songs in HD and a growing catalog of Ultra HD and Spatial audio. Anyone can listen to Amazon Music by downloading the free Amazon Music app, or wherever they listen to music including Alexa-enabled devices. Learn more at https://www.amazon.com/music.

Please note this position is a Fixed Term Contract role until January 2027.

Key job responsibilities

• Work backwards from the needs of our customers, translating functional and technical requirements into detailed software architecture and design.
• Implement and deploy highly distributed, resilient and scalable services.
• Be hands-on and drive team-wide best practices for operation excellence.
• Keep knowledge current to keep pace with rapidly changing science and technology, and work with the team in bringing new technologies on board.
  
  

A day in the life

Everyone on our team has a meaningful impact on product features, new directions in music and podcast listening, and customer engagement. Come join us as we make history by launching exciting new projects.

Please note this position is a Fixed Term Contract role until January 2027.

About The Team

Our team works with modern AI technologies to transform how customers discover and engage with music and podcasts. We focus on building personalized and dynamic experiences that allow customers to use natural language to find the content they love, and discover new content they'll love just as much. These experiences work seamlessly across our mobile apps, web player, voice-forward audio engagement products on mobile and Amazon Echo devices, car integrations and more. Amazon Music is available in countries around the world, and our applications support our mission of delivering music and podcasts to customers in new, exciting ways that enhance their day-to-day lives.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent work experience
• Professional software development experience
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of Computer Science fundamentals in object-oriented design
• Experience in data structures, algorithm design, problem solving, and complexity analysis
• Experience communicating and partnering with stakeholders
  
  

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