Software Development Engineer , Device Privacy And Data Handling

The Device Privacy and Data Handling team is responsible for building solutions to help ensure we retain the trust of customers who own Amazon devices. Our services help teams at Amazon comply with privacy policies to protect our customers' data. We build services from the ground up to delight our customers and raise the bar on privacy within the Amazon Devices organization. Our team builds backend services and components on our devices that combine to deliver our products and services to our customers. Our team's services run on all types of Amazon devices, from Kindle E-Readers to Alexa-enabled devices, Fire TVs, Fire Tablets, and more.

We are looking for an experienced, passionate, and technically strong engineer who can architect and deliver innovative, complex, high-impact software systems that delight our customers

Key job responsibilities

As a Software Development Engineer on our team, you will:

• Design, implement, and launch high-quality software systems that solve complex problems and have a significant impact
• Leverage a wide range of AWS technologies to build full-stack web applications, distributed systems, and automation workflows
• Develop code for a diverse array of Amazon Devices
• Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, product, customers, and business stakeholders to drive innovative solutions
• Promote a culture of engineering excellence by establishing best practices and technical standards across the organization
• Consult with engineers across the company on the architecture and design of new systems, helping to solve our most challenging engineering problems
• Identify opportunities for process improvement and lead initiatives to enhance engineering efficiency and productivity

A day in the life

• Collaborates with stakeholders to deeply understand business requirements
• Analyzes and documents comprehensive needs and priorities across products
• Translates requirements into well-defined software product features
• Defines clear, well-scoped software features to address requirements
• Designs scalable, robust technical architectures and implementations
• Builds and maintains highly available, mission-critical device services
• Proactively monitors performance, troubleshoots issues, optimizes systems
• Partners cross-functionally to deliver exceptional, user-centric solutions