Software Dev Engineer PIXIE
Software Dev Engineer PIXIE
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15-03-2025
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Job Description
The Print Ingestion eXperIEnce (PIXIE) team is looking for a talented engineer to join us as we build a worldclass title ingestion experience for authors and publishers around the world. Our tech is focused on ensuring quality data is ingested into the books catalog and presented accurately to readers. Additionally the team innovates by creating automated tools to detect content and metadata issues allowing Ops teams to fix issues detected in the catalog.
This team is part of MOD Tech which creates technology to empower authors to publish in both Kindle and Print (through PrintOnDemand) formats on so that our customersreadershave the largest catalog of books possible. We own PrintonDemand tech all up including publishing through Kindle Enterprise Publishing and the tech required to manufacture and ship books globally. We also own and develop Mesa a group of software components built to greatly decrease the effort required to launch other ingestion businesses within Amazon (such as Merch By Amazon Prime Video Direct Kindle Periodicals Amazon Music etc..
Successful candidate will have a background in the development of distributed systems a solid technical ability good communication skills and a motivation to achieve results in a fast paced environment.
Key job responsibilities
If you are looking to work with a team of engineers that relentlessly innovate and push the envelope keeping customers at the center of its universe continually raising the bar and delivering results with velocity then this is the space and place to be in.
Specifically within the team the SDE is responsible for ensuring the teams software maintains a high bar with respect to quality security architecture scalability and operational excellence. They are able to identify the root cause of issues including areas where it limits innovation and prevents accelerated delivery of projects while navigating several systems and components they may or may not own. Ultimately they display strong technical acumen and ownership.
We are looking for passionate hardworking and talented software engineers who have experience building innovative mission critical high volume applications that customers love. You will have an enormous opportunity to make a large impact on the design architecture and implementation of cutting edge products used every day by people you know. This is a high visibility team where you will get a chance to make a positive impact on customer experience.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of:
Arlington VA
About the team
We are passionate about catalog data quality and the ingestion experience. This role will help design and engineer the future of the data ingestion for publishers and authors while focusing on the highest catalog data quality and the display page experience for the books customer. Come be a part of the team that has dynamic and high caliber engineers!
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 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
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.
This team is part of MOD Tech which creates technology to empower authors to publish in both Kindle and Print (through PrintOnDemand) formats on so that our customersreadershave the largest catalog of books possible. We own PrintonDemand tech all up including publishing through Kindle Enterprise Publishing and the tech required to manufacture and ship books globally. We also own and develop Mesa a group of software components built to greatly decrease the effort required to launch other ingestion businesses within Amazon (such as Merch By Amazon Prime Video Direct Kindle Periodicals Amazon Music etc..
Successful candidate will have a background in the development of distributed systems a solid technical ability good communication skills and a motivation to achieve results in a fast paced environment.
Key job responsibilities
If you are looking to work with a team of engineers that relentlessly innovate and push the envelope keeping customers at the center of its universe continually raising the bar and delivering results with velocity then this is the space and place to be in.
Specifically within the team the SDE is responsible for ensuring the teams software maintains a high bar with respect to quality security architecture scalability and operational excellence. They are able to identify the root cause of issues including areas where it limits innovation and prevents accelerated delivery of projects while navigating several systems and components they may or may not own. Ultimately they display strong technical acumen and ownership.
We are looking for passionate hardworking and talented software engineers who have experience building innovative mission critical high volume applications that customers love. You will have an enormous opportunity to make a large impact on the design architecture and implementation of cutting edge products used every day by people you know. This is a high visibility team where you will get a chance to make a positive impact on customer experience.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of:
Arlington VA
About the team
We are passionate about catalog data quality and the ingestion experience. This role will help design and engineer the future of the data ingestion for publishers and authors while focusing on the highest catalog data quality and the display page experience for the books customer. Come be a part of the team that has dynamic and high caliber engineers!
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 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
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.
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