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With AI reshaping every layer of the software stack, we have an opportunity to reimagine consumer software experiences - making them smarter, more personal, and more useful every day. The Amazon Silk browser team is looking for a Software Development Engineer to join our ranks.
Join our team to build the cloud services behind the browsing experience across millions of Amazon devices-from tablets and smart displays to streaming devices and beyond. You'll collaborate with talented engineers, product managers, and designers to solve complex backend service design challenges while directly impacting how customers interact with intelligent, personalized browsing experiences across their devices.
Key job responsibilities
- Design and implement backend services behind Silk's intelligent and personalized browsing experience, owning API contracts, data models, and scaling and latency budgets
- Debug and optimize reliability, latency, and data-consistency issues across distributed services to ensure smooth browsing experiences for customers
- Collaborate with product managers, designers, partner teams across Amazon, and other engineers to understand requirements and deliver solutions that meet customer needs
- Document your work and maintain existing services to ensure long-term reliability and knowledge sharing across the team
- Participate in code reviews, architectural discussions, and technical planning to continuously improve our engineering practices
A day in the life
As a Software Engineer on the Silk Browser team, you'll work across the backend service stack, contributing to the design and implementation of the cloud services that make Silk intelligent and personalized. Your day might include designing service APIs and data contracts, debugging reliability and data-consistency issues across distributed services, collaborating with product and design teams to understand customer needs, reviewing code from teammates, and shipping features that reach millions of users. You'll have the autonomy to identify problems, propose solutions, and see your work deployed to real customers in a fast-paced environment that values both rapid iteration and thoughtful engineering.
About the team
We're a collaborative group of engineers who operate with startup mentality within a global organization. Our mission is to design and continuously improve the cloud services behind Silk's AI, voice, and personalization features across Amazon's device ecosystem. We work closely with product managers, user experience designers, and our Alexa and other partner teams across Amazon to understand what our customers need, then build solutions that delight them. We're committed to fostering an inclusive environment where diverse perspectives strengthen our work, and we invest in each other's growth through mentorship and knowledge sharing. We believe that striking the right balance between professional achievement and personal fulfillment leads to our best work and happiest team members.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, WA, Seattle - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually