Software Development Engineer - Android Wickr

As part of the AWS Solutions organization we have a vision to provide business applications leveraging Amazons unique experience and expertise that are used by millions of companies worldwide to manage daytoday operations. We will accomplish this by accelerating our customers businesses through delivery of intuitive and differentiated technology solutions that solve enduring business challenges. We blend vision with curiosity and Amazons realworld experience to build opinionated turnkey solutions. Where customers prefer to buy over build we become their trusted partner with solutions that are nobrainers to buy and easy to use.

AWS is hiring for our Wickr Product Team. Wickr is an innovative product developed with the industrys most secure endtoend encrypted communication technology. With Wickr customers and partners benefit from advanced security features not available with traditional communications services across messaging voice and video calling file sharing and collaboration. This gives security conscious enterprises and government agencies the ability to implement important governance and security controls to help them meet their compliance requirements.

Today public sector customers use Wickr for a diverse range of missions from securely communicating with officebased employees to providing service members at the tactical edge with encrypted communications. Enterprise customers use Wickr to keep communications between employees and business partners private while remaining compliant with regulatory requirements.

The need for this type of secure communications is accelerating. With the move to hybrid work environments due in part to the COVID19 pandemic enterprises and government agencies have a growing desire to protect their communications across many remote locations. Wickrs secure communications solutions help enterprises and government organizations adapt to this change in their workforces and is a welcome addition to the growing set of collaboration and productivity services that AWS offers customers and partners.

Are you passionate about privacy and interested in how you can use your software development skills to help protect peoples information by building really cool tools If so you may be a good fit for our Android Engineer opening. You will be able to help create a globally scalable ecosystem of web and mobile applications that amplify the power and fun of social commerce for Wickrs users.



Key job responsibilities
Design build and maintain high performance Android applications
Continuously explore new trends and incorporate emerging technologies for native Android development.
Lead code and design reviews to give constructive feedback and seek it as well.
Work with product managers and other leaders to identify ways to improve user experience.
Help maintain a fully automated CI build processes for the app and its various inhouse built dependencies.
Work with engineers developing our various infrastructure components to help integrate new features into the Android app
Collaborate with the team to continuously improve the quality of the Android app
Work with Sr leaders within the company to help integrate our core cryptography module into all aspects of the Android app
Attend meetings and standups as required to support the Companys development efforts


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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 software programming language
3 years of Android development experience

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

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Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees supervisors and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees supervisors and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal state and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct adverse and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies exercise sound judgment effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism and safeguard business operations and the Companys reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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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.