Amazon Software Dev Engineer II Amazon Common 

India, Tamil Nadu, Chennai 

133826538

As a Software Development Engineer on the ACS team, you will be part of a team that owns critical ACS components, services, tools, and application development frameworks - working on projects that push the boundaries of customer-device interaction. You will engage with an experienced cross-disciplinary staff to conceive and design innovative consumer product experiences. You must be responsive, flexible and able to succeed within an open collaborative peer environment. You will participate in designing, prototyping, and building solutions to hard problems in the Amazon Devices ecosystem.Key job responsibilities
As a Software Development Engineer II, you will:* Write code: Write code primarily in C, C++ and Python and design scalable, fault tolerant and distributed applications. Produce code that is robust, efficient and maintainable.* Design is Crucial: Build flexible systems choosing simple, straightforward solutions over more complex ones. Lead architecture of large initiatives in scaling, security and availability. Continually challenge what exists and explore what should be changed to best meet evolving business and market needs.* Test, test, test: Our software engineers don't just write code, they also test . You will write unit tests, integration tests and regression tests and find ways to automate them.* Troubleshoot and fix operational problems: You will work with other engineers to troubleshoot operational problems and fix them. If you are so inclined, you will also automate troubleshooting procedures and write tools.* Influence product direction: You will propose your ideas for the future of the space to product management, and get to shape the roadmap.* Hire and mentor others: You will get to interview people for the team, and to mentor other engineers* Implement best practices in modern software engineering: design, implementation, testing, version control, documentation, deployment, monitoring and operations* Possess self-drive to dive deep and maintain progress even in the face of ambiguity and imperfect knowledge (avoid “analysis paralysis”)

- 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
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team
- Proficient in embedded software development using C, C++
- Proficient in implementing embedded software ranging from high-level application to low-level hardware device drivers.
- Solid understanding of Object-Oriented design and concepts
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills

- 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
- Experience with all phases of development, including design, implementation, and operation of production systems
- Strong, object-oriented design and coding skills
- Deal well with ambiguous/undefined problems; ability to think abstractly.
- Experience taking a lead role developing complex software systems that have successfully been delivered to customers.