Senior Software Engineer, Amazon Music

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Job summary
About Amazon Music

Amazon Music reimagines music listening by enabling customers to unlock millions of songs, podcast episodes, and thousands of curated playlists and stations with their voice. Amazon Music provides unlimited access to new releases and classic hits across iOS and Android mobile devices, PC, Mac, Echo, and Alexa-enabled devices including Fire TV and more. With Amazon Music, Prime members have access to ad-free listening of 2 million songs at no additional cost to their membership. Listeners can also enjoy the premium subscription service, Amazon Music Unlimited, which provides access to more than 75 million songs and the latest new releases. Amazon Music Unlimited customers also now have access to the highest-quality listening experience available, with more than 75 million songs available in High Definition (HD), more than 7 million songs in Ultra HD, and a growing catalog of spatial audio. Customers also have free access to an ad-supported selection of top playlists and stations on Amazon Music. All Amazon Music tiers now offer a wide selection of podcasts at no additional cost, and live streaming in partnership with Twitch. Engaging with music and culture has never been more natural, simple, and fun. For more information, visit amazonmusic.com or download the Amazon Music app.

Key job responsibilities
You will be an ideal fit for this team if you are highly-motivated and thrive in an environment where problems are open-ended. You enjoy engaging in passionate discussions with smart people and letting the best ideas rise to the top. You see your mistakes as learning opportunities and continually look for ways to improve yourself, your team and your products. You understand that not all solutions come easily and don't shy away from hard work to reach your goals. You are excited about the opportunity to engage in developing a top notch consumer mobile application and user experience.

A day in the life
Our team's mission is to help music listeners explore, discover and connect with their favorite music and artists from anywhere. Our team is currently working on some challenging product and technical problems facing the music streaming industry today. We want to rethink some of the fundamental assumptions of how user explore music culture and build the next generations solutions to delight our users.

We want to deliver these differentiated and visually delightful experiences by leveraging cutting edge technologies in cloud computing, mobile applications and Alexa smarts.

About the team
Our team is in a foundational period where every team member plays a critical role in delivering this vision by wearing multiple hats and having a voice in the decision making process. Be one of the first engineers who can set the culture and build a team that you love. We are an agile team serving 50 million users globally with a startup hustle and scrappiness but with the backing and resources of a Fortune-500 company. Come join us as we make history by launching exciting new projects in the coming year.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• 4 years of professional software development experience
• 3 years of programming experience with at least one software programming language
• 2 years of experience contributing to the system design or architecture (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead OR leading an engineering team

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 5-10 years of professional software development experience
• 4-8 years of programming experience with at least one software programming language
• 3-5 years of experience contributing to the system design or architecture (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems
• 2-5 years of experience as a mentor, tech lead OR leading an engineering team