We solve interesting, real-world challenges - from optimizing content for small screen sizes, developing new ways to shop using tablet computers, overcoming slow networks to inventing different ways customers can interact with mobile devices, including barcode scanning. We want to enable our customers to go from wanting a product to search, shop and buying it in 30 seconds or less! To this end, our recent launches include Windowshop for iPad, Amazon Shop for Kindle Fire, Price check by Amazon, Amazon Deals, and the award winning Amazon Mobile family of applications. And all this is just the tip of the iceberg! Many of our applications run on a range of mobile handsets and tablets including iOS, Android and Windows Phone.
About you:
You're an engineer looking for a career where you'll be able to build, to deliver, and to impress. You are passionate about mobile computing and want to disrupt the world of application development on tablet devices. You want to build rich customer experiences, utilizing to the fullest possible extent all the cool hardware on the device. You want to work on projects that require creative thinking and deep understanding of the problem space. You challenge yourself and others to constantly come up with better solutions. You're a thought leader, but you don't just know how to solve the problem, you prove it by building the solution. Last but not the least; you have a high bar for code quality and passion for design and architecture.
About us together:
We're going to change the way mobile world interacts, experiences and buys. Along the way, we're going to face challenging and interesting problems. We're going to argue about how to solve them, and we'll work together to find a solution that is superior to each of the proposals we came in with. We'll make tough decisions, but we'll understand why - We'll be the dream team. Some of the challenges we’ll work on:
- Building a unified cross platform application framework using both native and web technologies
- Optimizing experience on variety of devices and screen sizes - If building a rich experience on a touch device wasn’t challenging enough, we need to cater to various screen sizes - all the way from 7 - 11” and everything in between
- Enabling rich customer experiences by leveraging various sensors on the device (Cameras, GPS, Gyroscope, accelerometer)
You may already know if you're a fit, but perhaps you're worried about technology and experience requirements? Don't be - we are looking for smart, passionate and proven engineers; prior mobile experience is not required.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Math, Physics or Electrical Engineering
- 3+ years professional experience in software development
- Proficiency in Computer Science fundamentals - object oriented design, data structures, algorithm - design, problem solving, and complexity analysis
-Proficiency in at least one modern object oriented language such as C++, Java or C#
- 5+ years of industry experience
- OpenGL, graphics, 3d rendering experience
- Experience in web technologies such as JavaScript, JQuery, JQuery mobile, AJAX and HTML5
- Experience building complex mobile applications on Android , iOS or Windows Phone platforms that have been successfully delivered to customers
- Experience delivering low-latency, consumer-internet-scale web services operating in a 24x7 environment
- Experience with Agile (SCRUM, RUP, XP), OO modeling, web services, UNIX, middleware and databases
- Knowledge of professional software engineering practices for the full software development life cycle including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
- Experience mentoring and training the engineering community on complex technical issues
- Proven track record of delivery
- Sharp analytical abilities and proven design skills