We are building a high caliber team of Software Development Architect consisting of the brightest minds who raise the bar and enjoy being vigorously challenged. The ideal candidate is passionate about design and architecture with an unwavering commitment to code quality. At Quidsi we value providing an amazing experience for our customers. This includes a curated site experience as our products and sites become increasingly diverse, expedited shipping and a team who is empowered.
The ideal candidate is an idea generator who offers innovative solutions through a combination of creative thinking and deep understanding of the problem space. Projects will leverage Amazon’s technological capabilities and platforms to make Quidsi’s solutions compelling, unique and sustainable.
Responsibilities:
· Propose, prototype and evaluate multiple areas of optimization for our e-commerce applications and mobile-optimized sites
· Build high availability/ high reliability software on time
· Construct secure, scalable, and low-latency services and mobile applications
· Provide hands-on code contribution and shipping responsibility - libraries, API's, documentation
· Partner with Marketing and Merchandising stakeholders to define functional solutions for business problems
· Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field or corresponding experience equaling 4 year degree
· 5+ years experience in at least one of the following modern programming languages: C#, Java, Python or Ruby
· Minimum of 2 years of web applications/services experience
· Building highly-available distributed systems on a cloud infrastructure (e.g. AWS)
· Delivering low-latency, consumer-internet-scale web services
· Experience working with, or an interest in Agile Methodologies, such as Extreme Programming (XP) and Scrum
· Strong OO skills, Computer Science fundamentals in data structures and algorithm design
· Training and mentoring the engineering community on complex technical issues
· Managing expectations, meeting firm deadlines and thriving in a dynamic work environment
· Problem solving and complexity analysis
· Strong verbal and written communication skills
· Maintaining a sense of humor
This position is located in Seattle, WA.
Please email techcareers@quidsi.com for more information. Thank you for your interest.
Quidsi Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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