Amazon Music is an immersive audio entertainment service that deepens connections between fans artists and creators. From personalized music playlists to exclusive podcasts concert livestreams to artist merch Amazon Music is innovating at some of the most exciting intersections of music and culture. We offer experiences that serve all listeners with our different tiers of service: Prime members get access to all the music in shuffle mode and top adfree podcasts included with their membership; customers can upgrade to Amazon Music Unlimited for unlimited ondemand access to 100 million songs including millions in HD Ultra HD and spatial audio; and anyone can listen for free by downloading the Amazon Music app or via Alexaenabled devices. Join us for the opportunity to influence how Amazon Music engages fans artists and creators on a global scale. Learn more at our team and build the next generation of Amazon Music Gen AI products. Our products and systems are used by millions of worldwide customers to discover and enjoy music and podcasts. With your help we will make them even better!
Key job responsibilities
As a SDE you will be responsible for designing developing testing and deploying distributed systems and largescale solutions for our customer base. In this you will collaborate closely with a team of scientists product managers and engineers to influence our overall strategy and define the teams road map. You will also drive the system architecture spearhead best practices that enable a quality product and help coach and develop junior engineers. A successful candidate will have an established background in engineering large scale software systems a strong technical ability great communication skills and a motivation to achieve results in a fast paced environment.
About the team
Our team works with AI technologies to transform how customers discover and engage with music and podcasts. We are focused on building personalized and dynamic experiences that allow customers to use natural language to find the content they already love and discover new content theyll love just as much. These experiences work seamlessly across our mobile apps web player voiceforward audio engagement products on mobile and Amazon Echo devices in car integrations and more. Amazon Music is available in countries around the world and our applications support our mission of delivering music and podcasts to customers in new and exciting ways that enhance their daytoday lives. Everyone on our team has a meaningful impact on product features new directions in music and podcast listening and customer engagement. Come join us as we make history by launching exciting new projects in the coming year.
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
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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.