Software Development Engineer
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Job summary
Amazon Payment Experience Platform team at Amazon India Development Center, Bangalore is looking for a Developer to design and build the next generation of Payments platform and product from the ground up. This is a rare opportunity to be part of a team that will be responsible for building a successful, sustainable and strategic business for Amazon, from the ground up!
You will get the opportunity to code on almost all key pages on brand new Payments stack building features and improving business metrics.This team will work on diverse technology stack from SOA, UI frameworks, big-data and ML algorithms.
The ideal candidate will be instrumental in shaping the product direction and will be actively involved in defining key product features that impact the business. You will work with Principal Engineers at Amazon to evolve the design and architecture of the products owned by this team. You will be responsible to set up and hold a high software quality bar besides providing technical direction to a highly technical team of Software Engineers.
Position Responsibilities:
· Work closely with senior engineers to design, implement and deploy applications that impact the Amazon.in business with an emphasis on Mobile, Payments, and e-Commerce website development.
· Own the delivery of an integral piece of a system or application.
· Management and execution against project plans and delivery commitments
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· Assist directly and indirectly in the continual hiring and development of technical talent.
· Create and execute appropriate quality plans, project plans, test strategies and processes for development activities in concert with business and project management efforts.
The ideal candidate will be a leader, quick learner and be able to work independently. He/she should be able to operate in dynamic environment where time to hit market is super critical. The candidate will need to balance technical leadership and savvy with good business judgment to make the right decisions about technology choices.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
· Programming experience with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design
· A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent combination of technical education and work experience;
· 3 to 10 years of Software Development experience;
· Experience designing highly interactive web applications with performance, scalability, accessibility, usability, design, and security in mind. If you don't have all of these, that's ok, but be excited about learning the few you don't know.
· Familiar with building complex web applications using Javascript / AJAX, XHTML, CSS.
· Experience with or knowledge of jQuery, Java, Struts, and other website technologies.
· Object-oriented design experience and coding skills (C/C++ and/or Java preferably on a UNIX or Linux platform)
· Should have good software development background including design patterns, data structures, test driven development
· Knowledge of Perl or other scripting languages a plus
· Experience with distributed (multi-tiered) systems, algorithms, and relational databases
· Software development experience in building highly scalable applications
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
· Bachelors/Masters in Computer Science or Engineeringo
· Object-oriented design and coding skills (C/C++ and/or Java preferably on a UNIX or Linux platform)
· Knowledge of Perl or other scripting languages a plus
· Experience with distributed (multi-tiered) systems, algorithms, and relational databases
· Experience in optimization mathematics (linear programming, nonlinear optimization)
· Ability to effectively articulate technical challenges and solutions
· Deal well with ambiguous/undefined problems; ability to think abstractly
· Previous technical internship(s) preferred