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Software Development Engineer III Seattle, Washington


Amazon Prime, is the membership program that gives customers a premium experience on Amazon.com. These benefits include free two-day shipping benefits on millions of items, free unlimited streaming on thousands of videos, as well as access to the Kindle Owners Lending Library. The program is experiencing explosive growth and as a result our team is looking to hire top-notch engineers. If you want to work on one of Amazon.com's most impactful program and are passionate about writing code that impacts millions of people every day, then the Amazon Prime Team is interested in hearing from you.

The Prime team seeks talented engineers who take great pride in both the technical and business contribution of their work. You will be given the chance to have a significant impact on our systems, our business and most importantly, our customers. As a member of the Prime team, you will work closely with the business team to design and implement new features. You will use a variety of core languages and technologies includingPerl/Mason, Java, and Linux to name a few.

As a member of the Prime Acquisition platform team, you will focus on components and services which directly impact customer facing pages or applications. You will participate to building the next generation of the platform. Your will have direct ownership over the design and architecture of new components aimed at improving the platform's flexibility, configurability and scalability.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field and 6+ years experience
• Computer Science fundamentals in object-oriented design
• Computer Science fundamentals in data structures
• Computer Science fundamentals in algorithm design, problem solving, and complexity analysis
• Proficiency in, at least, one modern programming language such as JavaC#CC++, or Perl

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong, object-oriented design and coding skills (C/C++ and/or Java preferably on a UNIX or Linux platform)
• Demonstrated strength with distributed (multi-tiered) systems and algorithms
• Ability to effectively articulate technical challenges and solutions
• Deal well with ambiguous/undefined problems; ability to think abstractly
• Proficiency in web technologies such as HTTP, HTML, CSS, and Javascript.

How to Apply