Snr. Software Engineer , Goodreads
Snr. Software Engineer , Goodreads
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With over 90 million members Goodreads is the worlds largest site for readers and book recommendations. As a Top 100 web destination our mission is to help people find and share books they love. Goodreads members can discover new books by seeing what their friends and members of the community are reading or by using the Goodreads Book Recommendation Engine. Our platform also helps more than 220000 authors to connect with readers. Goodreads is a subsidiary of Amazon Inc.
As a Snr. Software Engineer you will:
1. Take a long-term visionary approach to architecture proactively identifying and addressing deficiencies and proposing innovative projects and mechanisms that drive transformative change for our business.
2. Bringing invaluable perspective and context to guide future technology choices ensuring we remain the balance between the forefront of innovation and the cost efficiency on behalf of our customers .
3.. Exerting technical influence within and beyond our team proactively coaching team members increasing their contributions by sharing your knowledge experience and passion for excellence and establishing strategic collaboration to drive innovation.
4. Translating complex business needs into elegant workable technology solutions that drive customer value and business growth.
5. Work in a fast-paced environment where releases are done every 4-6 weeks.
A day in the life:
Senior Software Engineers at Amazon are visionary technical leaders who drive innovation and shape the future of our cutting-edge solutions.
Our team works in a fast-paced start-up-like environment that values innovation flexibility agility scalability and customer-obsession. As a Sr. SDE youll have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge technologies and shape the future of our products and services.
In this role youll provide technical leadership and have a significant influence on our overall strategy by establishing technical standards driving our technical architecture engineering practices and methodologies.
About the team
Our team members are enthusiastic friendly and supportive with a broad mix of experience levels and tenures at Amazon. We are building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing mentorship and high quality work. Come join us build and launch great solutions.
- 5 years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 5 years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
- 5 years of leading design or architecture (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience as a mentor tech lead or leading an engineering team
- 5 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 an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability 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.
As a Snr. Software Engineer you will:
1. Take a long-term visionary approach to architecture proactively identifying and addressing deficiencies and proposing innovative projects and mechanisms that drive transformative change for our business.
2. Bringing invaluable perspective and context to guide future technology choices ensuring we remain the balance between the forefront of innovation and the cost efficiency on behalf of our customers .
3.. Exerting technical influence within and beyond our team proactively coaching team members increasing their contributions by sharing your knowledge experience and passion for excellence and establishing strategic collaboration to drive innovation.
4. Translating complex business needs into elegant workable technology solutions that drive customer value and business growth.
5. Work in a fast-paced environment where releases are done every 4-6 weeks.
A day in the life:
Senior Software Engineers at Amazon are visionary technical leaders who drive innovation and shape the future of our cutting-edge solutions.
Our team works in a fast-paced start-up-like environment that values innovation flexibility agility scalability and customer-obsession. As a Sr. SDE youll have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge technologies and shape the future of our products and services.
In this role youll provide technical leadership and have a significant influence on our overall strategy by establishing technical standards driving our technical architecture engineering practices and methodologies.
About the team
Our team members are enthusiastic friendly and supportive with a broad mix of experience levels and tenures at Amazon. We are building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing mentorship and high quality work. Come join us build and launch great solutions.
- 5 years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 5 years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
- 5 years of leading design or architecture (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience as a mentor tech lead or leading an engineering team
- 5 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 an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability 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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