As a System Development Engineer on the Fire TV 3P Apps QA team you will be part of a team that owns quality assurance for various streaming applications supported on Fire TV products building services tools and application development frameworks - working on projects that push the boundaries of customer-device interaction. This job requires you to hit the ground running and your ability to learn quickly and work on disparate and overlapping tasks that will define your success. You will develop deploy and maintain reliable technical solutions to improve the quality standards for streaming applications on Fire TV. You will work with a variety of core languages and technologies including Java C/C# Windows Linux and AWS services. You will tackle challenging novel situations every day and will have the opportunity to redefine an industry while working with different teams across Amazon and 3rd party app developers.
Key job responsibilities
Perform in-depth troubleshooting root cause analysis and identify technical solution for issues impacting streaming applications across Fire TV platforms
Drive technical solutions for operational challenges and system optimization
Execute performance improvements through code enhancements and script development
Develop and implement automated solutions to replace manual operational processes
Design and maintain monitoring systems for service health metrics
Optimize support engineering workflows through innovative tooling solutions
Design and develop automation tools and applications to optimize Fire TV 3P Apps ecosystem
Architect and implement monitoring solutions including metrics dashboards for 3P apps health tracking
Lead complex code analysis and implement critical fixes across Fire TV applications
Collaborate with external developers and internal engineering teams to maintain application quality standards
Partner with operations teams to implement and maintain service level agreements
Provide technical guidance for production releases and deployments
A day in the life
As a System Development Engineer youll drive technical excellence across Fire TVs streaming ecosystem by:
Architecting and implementing scalable solutions to complex technical challenges
Collaborating with cross-functional engineering and product teams to enhance streaming application performance
Leading technical initiatives to establish and maintain quality standards for Fire TV applications
Identifying and implementing system optimizations through cross-team partnerships
Designing innovative solutions that scale across the Fire TV platform ecosystem
About the team
As a System Development Engineer on the Fire TV 3P Apps QA team you will be part of a quality assurance team that owns quality standards for various streaming applications supported on Fire TV products building services tools and application development frameworks - working on projects that push the boundaries of customer-device interaction.
- - 5 years of experience working within engineering teams building successful production software systems
- - Strong experience with agile software development lifecycle including continuous deployment automation coding standards code reviews source control management testing and operations following CI/CD best practices
- - Advanced proficiency in one or more high-level programming language: Java C/C C# Python or Perl
- - Experience with system analysis and troubleshooting in large-scale Windows or Linux environment
- - Proven track record of driving cross-team initiatives with strong problem-solving abilities and dedication to delivering high-quality customer-focused solutions
- - Excellent written and verbal communication collaboration reporting analytical and problem-solving skills and excellent communication with peers and non-technical stakeholders.
- - Comfortable working in a fast paced highly collaborative dynamic work environment
- Proven object-oriented design and implementation skills preferably on Windows or Unix/Linux platform
- Deep Experience with Windows and Microsoft technologies.
- Strong understanding of modern database technology experience with AWS database products such as RDS
- Advanced understanding of Audio/video technology for Android Applciations
- Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related technical field.
- Solid knowledge of CS fundamentals - object-oriented design data structures algorithms problem solving and complexity analysis.
- 7 years relevant work experience
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