Our mission is to enable digital reading across the world in every language. The Kindle for Developing countries team plays a key role in making this vision happen by providing the shopping experience that helps customers discover the next book to read. We are looking for a creative, deeply technical and customer-obsessed SDE to implement new technology solutions that define the future of digital shopping. We are looking for a passionate, talented, and innovative SDE who enjoys solving difficult problems and delivering high-performance, highly-available, and extremely scalable systems. The SDE has an opportunity to solve the barriers using technology for digital reading in developing countries including (but not limited to) - low connectivity, power availability, remote/rural area reachability etc., Customers shop for Kindle books from a variety of surfaces including desktops/laptops, Kindle eInk devices, Fire Tablets and phones, from their mobile browser on their iOS phones and tablets
· BS in Computer Science or equivalent. · 3+ years of industry experience. · Experience in OOP, Java or C++, Perl, and Web development (AJAX, JavaScript, HTML, CSS), highly scalable systems, device development and performance testing. · Experience in object-oriented design and software construction in Java or C++· MS in Computer Science or equivalent. · Experience developing scalable web applications, with a penchant for building elegant and maintainable systems that get the job done with minimal complexity. · Excellent verbal and written communication skills. · Enjoy working in a highly iterative,