Multimedia SDE II Amazon Devices

Amazon Lab126 is an inventive research and development company that designs and engineers highprofile portable handheld consumer electronic products like the Kindle. The products we design and engineer are easytouse and offer user benefits that are only made possible through tightly integrated digital technologies and wireless connectivity. Lab126 began in 2004 as a subsidiary of Amazon Inc. originally creating the bestselling Kindle family of products. Since then we have produced groundbreaking devices like Fire tablets Fire TV and Amazon Echo.

The Role
Using a combination of open source and proprietary technologies we build cuttingedge devices for media consumption whether mobile or in the home. As a strong customer advocate you will help own media technologies and quality end to end (E2E). You will work with internal and external partners to deliver the best in class devices and will research new technologies develop new tools and help define processes to build the media stack of next generation devices.

We are looking for a talented detailoriented and enthusiastic Software Development Engineer who is passionate about quality and is enthusiastic about new digital products. The person chosen for this position will have the opportunity to contribute their creative ideas and energy to our group. Responsibilities include research design implementation documentation and maintenance of new and existing systems. The creation of software services and tools to drive the software development process towards higher quality. As a Software Engineer you will take part in the implementation and customization of software working closely with application teams to delivering the audio/video components within FireOS. The development will be from the concept stage to the launch stage and ensuring the highest level of quality for your deliverable.

In This Role You Will
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.


Key job responsibilities
We are looking for a talented detailoriented and enthusiastic Software Development Engineer who is passionate about quality and is enthusiastic about new digital products. The person chosen for this position will have the opportunity to contribute their creative ideas and energy to our group. Responsibilities include research design implementation documentation and maintenance of new and existing systems. The creation of software services and tools to drive the software development process towards higher quality. As a Software Engineer you will take part in the implementation and customization of software working closely with application teams to delivering the audio/video components within FireOS. The development will be from the concept stage to the launch stage and ensuring the highest level of quality for your deliverable.

In This Role You Will
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.
Be responsible for design and development for multimedia initiatives and feature development
Investigate prototype and deliver new and innovative system solutions .


A day in the life
Using a combination of open source and proprietary technologies we build cuttingedge devices for media consumption whether mobile or in the home. As a strong customer advocate you will help own media technologies and quality end to end (E2E). You will work with internal and external partners to deliver the best in class devices and will research new technologies develop new tools and help define processes to build the media stack of next generation devices.

About the team
Team manages FireOS/Android and Linux/GStreamer based Multimedia/Streaming Framework Development team. Primary focus of the team is to implement new features and enhancements within Application/Middleware framework of different Media Player Engines from Android ExoPlayer and inhouse Amazon Media Player as per the requirements from different product teams like Kindle Fire Tablets Amazon FireTV Amazon Echo Amazon Music/Video Alexa and Smart Home devices.

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
3 years of Video Games Industry (supporting title Development Release or Live Ops) 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

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