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Employment Opportunities

Position Posted On:
4/25/2012
Employer:
Amazon
Address:
440 Terry Ave N
Seattle, WA  98109
Website:
http://www.amazon.com
Job Title:
Software Development Engineer/ SDET Full-Time
Job Type:
Technical
Schedule:
Full Time
Hours Per Week:
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Position Start Date:
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Pay Rate:
Competitive
How To Apply:
Amazon is an Equal Opportunity Employer In order to be considered, please apply through our website: https://up-amazon.icims.com/jobs/122383/j
Contact Name:
Jill Cunanan  
Email:
up-postings@amazon.com
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Job Description:
As a member of the Amazon development team, you’ll be given the opportunity to have direct impact on the evolution of the Amazon e-commerce platform and lead mission critical projects early in your career. Your design, code and raw smarts will contribute to solving some of the most complex technical challenges in the areas of distributed systems, data mining, optimization, scalability, security and tweaking algorithms, just to name a few. Innovation: Are you seeking an environment where you can drive innovation? Are you interested in finding the best intersection of features vs. performance? Are you up to the task of delivering innovative technology that offers millions of unique products to thousands of suppliers, to tens of millions of customers around the world? Many of the technical challenges Amazon encounters have never been dealt with before on this scale, if at all. Come help lead the way in e-commerce innovation.
Job Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications: • Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering or related technical discipline • Must be currently enrolled in school or graduated within the last 12 months Preferred Qualifications: • Strong, 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 • Graduate degree a plus