Principal Software Engineer, Device Management Systems

This position is open for both Chennai and Bangalore location.

The Amazon Device Management Systems (ADMS) organization in Chennai is specialized in building foundational solutions that cater to a number of critical customer experiences including deviceauthentication deviceregistration device profiles and accountlinking. These solutions cater to all Amazon firstparty devices and other thirdparty devices smarthome devices mobile applications and services that connect to the Amazon cloud on behalf of customer scenarios that originate through these devices.
The organization is looking for an experienced and talented Principal Engineer that has experience and passion in building largescale cloudbased web service solutions and has a penchant on building cloud solutions that interact with Amazon device ecosystem. As the organization is expanding its foundational solutions to include newer usecases involving thirdparty devices enterprise customers locallyconnected devices etc. we are looking for a PE that has experience in taking an existing architecture and evolving them to handle broader set of usecases while maintaining the simplicity of the solution. As we venture into expanding the supported usecases the talented Principal Engineer would also get to learn and contribute through newer technologies in the Device Authentication (like Remote Key Provisioning) Device Registration (like support for Passkeys) domains.
As an Principal Engineer youll be a technical leader. Youll help establish technical standards and drive Amazons overall technical architecture and engineering practices. Youll work on Amazons hardest problems building high quality architecturally sound systems that are aligned with our business needs. Youll think globally when building systems ensuring builds high performing scalable systems that fit well together. Principal Engineers are pragmatic visionaries who can translate business needs into workable technology solutions. Your expertise is deep and broad; you are hands on producing both detailed technical work and highlevel architectural designs.
As a PE in the Amazon Device Management Systems org you will have a greater say in defining the technical strategy identify the right longterm architecture for the devicebusinesses roadmap. While building the architecture you will be required to focus on the following tenets: security availability simplicity and efficiency. While you will have a high visibility as you will work with several engineering teams and their technical and product senior leadership you will need exceptionally strong technical skills strong business acumen analytical skills and be able to deal with ambiguity in a fastpaced environment.


Key job responsibilities
Define the long term technical strategy and architecture vision for device management leveraging new technologies to deliver features to our customers
Think big and continuously pitch for foundational solutions that will help device businesses to use these solutions where applicable instead of building their own.
. Define technical approach to ensure data privacy is considered while providing foundational solutions.
Partner with each device team to understand their customer needs and influence adoption of new services
Analyze the business opportunity to externalize more of our services to 3rdparty device makers
. Possess expert knowledge in performance scalability enterprise system architecture and engineering best practices.
Assist in the career development of others actively mentoring individuals and the Amazon developer community on advanced technical issues and helping managers guide the career growth of their team members.
Exert technical influence over multiple teams increasing their productivity and effectiveness by sharing your deep knowledge and experience.

The ideal candidate will be a visionary leader builder and operator. Youll have experience leading or contributing to multiple simultaneous product development efforts and/or technology initiatives. Youll be able to balance technical leadership and savvy with strong business judgment to make the right decisions about technology choices. Youll strive for simplicity and demonstrate significant creativity and high judgment.


10 years of noninternship professional software development experience
Knowledge of objectoriented design data structures and algorithms
10 years of software engineering with a proven track record of leading largescale projects experience
Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Experience designing and building largescale systems in a multitiered distributed environment (Service Oriented Architecture)
Experience influencing groups outside their own VP from architecture perspective
Experience on enabling authentication and attestation for devices using cryptographic solutions
Knowledge of latest signin standards like FIDOalliance based Passkeys.
Ability and willingness to multitask and learn new technologies quickly

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