Software Development Engineer II Amazon Photos - Storytelling
Software Development Engineer II Amazon Photos - Storytelling
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08-04-2025
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Amazon Photos helps consumers preserve and relive their memories. The service comes with unlimited photo storage for Prime members and apps are available on iOS Android Web Desktop Fire Tablet & Fire TV. The service is also integrated into Alexa devices such as Echo Show and Echo Spot.
Amazon Photos is looking for a Software Development Engineer to join the Storytelling team. In this role you will have the opportunity to contribute significantly to the future of Amazon Photos in terms of affecting our large customer base and providing more complex and fulfilling storytelling experiences. Our backlog of features are fun and challenging; when these features are productionized they bring true joy to our customers.
We are a team that cares about your worklife balance while challenging you to solve problems at Amazon scale. You will be part of a strong team in a fastpaced startup environment where agile development is embraced and innovation is encouraged. You will get support and resources from some of the smartest people in the industry to continue your personal and professional growth.
Key job responsibilities
You will work on a team building new experiences & features to bring joy to our customer base.
You will be developing new features on frontend stacks in Swift Kotlin and React Native
When given a business problem you create a technical strategy and deliver with limited guidance.
You have a high attention to detail working closely with business and technical stakeholders to drive measurable results.
You successfully launch software for the business and resolve architectural deficiencies.
You contribute to improve engineering test and operational excellence best practices on your team.
About the team
The storytelling team curates joyful photographic customer moments and weaves them into majestic short video(s) to help them relive their experiences. We use an assortment of Machine Learning techniques to bring the best curated photos to the fore from which we vend these photo collections to our highly performance apps in Web iOS Android and FireTV. These Apps are developed using leading edge frontend stacks in Swift Kotlin and React Native and are used by a large customer base. We operate at large scales using best of breed backend services and we move fast to delight our customers.
3 years of noninternship professional software development experience
2 years of noninternship design or architecture (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Java C or C# including objectoriented design
3 years of full software development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing and operations experience
Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent
Experience developing mobile features on iOS/Android
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.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process including support for the interview or onboarding process please visit for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt listed please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on jobrelated knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity signon 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 This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
Amazon Photos is looking for a Software Development Engineer to join the Storytelling team. In this role you will have the opportunity to contribute significantly to the future of Amazon Photos in terms of affecting our large customer base and providing more complex and fulfilling storytelling experiences. Our backlog of features are fun and challenging; when these features are productionized they bring true joy to our customers.
We are a team that cares about your worklife balance while challenging you to solve problems at Amazon scale. You will be part of a strong team in a fastpaced startup environment where agile development is embraced and innovation is encouraged. You will get support and resources from some of the smartest people in the industry to continue your personal and professional growth.
Key job responsibilities
You will work on a team building new experiences & features to bring joy to our customer base.
You will be developing new features on frontend stacks in Swift Kotlin and React Native
When given a business problem you create a technical strategy and deliver with limited guidance.
You have a high attention to detail working closely with business and technical stakeholders to drive measurable results.
You successfully launch software for the business and resolve architectural deficiencies.
You contribute to improve engineering test and operational excellence best practices on your team.
About the team
The storytelling team curates joyful photographic customer moments and weaves them into majestic short video(s) to help them relive their experiences. We use an assortment of Machine Learning techniques to bring the best curated photos to the fore from which we vend these photo collections to our highly performance apps in Web iOS Android and FireTV. These Apps are developed using leading edge frontend stacks in Swift Kotlin and React Native and are used by a large customer base. We operate at large scales using best of breed backend services and we move fast to delight our customers.
3 years of noninternship professional software development experience
2 years of noninternship design or architecture (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Java C or C# including objectoriented design
3 years of full software development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing and operations experience
Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent
Experience developing mobile features on iOS/Android
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.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process including support for the interview or onboarding process please visit for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt listed please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on jobrelated knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity signon 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 This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
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