Software Development Engineer, Amazon Photos Desktop

- 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
- 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 developing Desktop apps using .NET
- Advanced written and spoken English proficiency
Amazon Photos helps consumers preserve and re-live their memories. The service comes with unlimited photo storage for Prime members and apps are available on iOS, Android, Web, Desktop, Fire Tablet & Fire TV. The service is also integrated into Alexa devices such as Echo Show and Echo Spot. Amazon Photos is the latest digital offering to consumers released on the heels of the Amazon Music and Amazon Video offerings. We have ambitious goals to scale growth and adoption of the service around the world and delight our customers with a great product.

What you will do: As a software engineer, you will provide technical leadership to the teams building Amazon Photos solutions for our Amazon Photos Desktop app. You will ensure that the best engineering practices are followed and that our software is designed to be responsive, reliable and maintainable. You will be working with our great designers and product team to build software that millions use. You will work closely with other teams throughout Amazon to design and architect solutions that will scale to hundreds of millions of customers. You will be a role model and mentor for other engineers on the team. You will be part of a strong team in a fast-paced, start-up like environment where agile development is embraced and innovation is encouraged.

What we are looking for: You are an experienced Software Engineer who has shipped great software. You have good experience on building scalable services, and clients that connect to them. You like building client applications and enjoy the freedom and the ability to do things in the Desktop space that you just cannot do on other client platforms. You know that a great Desktop not only does the job, but does it with a great flow and look and feel. You love building software that makes people say “wow, that is amazing” and “I did not know you could do that”. You love working with a smart, talented team because you know that makes you better. You love solving complex problems with simple code.

Why you want to be on the Photos team: We’re technology professionals, photographers and photo enthusiasts who are genuinely passionate about how we can make preserving and re-living digital photographs a simple joy. We’re a close-knit team of friendly, collaborative people. We’re super smart and love learning.

Check out these videos/articles to learn more about Amazon Photos and our products:
- Amazon Photos blog: https://amazonphotos.blog/
- Deliver Memories at Amazon Photos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ0WMBfzZMI
- Memories brought onto the big screen with Amazon Photos and FireTV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65qg-Ht9Cj0
- Configure your Echo Show with Amazon Photos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRoM-oIxKBY

We'd love for you to apply, even if you feel unsure about whether you meet every single requirement in this posting. At Amazon Photos, we're looking for people invigorated by our mission, not just those who simply check off all the boxes.

Key job responsibilities
- Design, develop, and deploy photo features for the Amazon Photos Desktop app
- Write clean, maintainable code and perform peer code-reviews.
- Contribute best-in-class programming skills to develop innovative, consumer facing device experiences using a variety of technologies (C#, .NET, Xamarin).
- Work with other team members to investigate design approaches, prototype new technology and evaluate technical feasibility.
- Analyze and optimize applications to maximize speed and scale, factoring in network latency and bandwidth constraints.
- Launch new features in the US and International markets working closely with other Amazon Photos teams.
- Improve Operational Excellence including latency and scalability.
- Work in an Agile/Scrum environment to deliver high quality software with high velocity.
- Help define standards, implement them, and promote best practices for your team.
- Collaborate with product managers and UX designers to develop requirements and create solutions.