SDM: Internationalization Data Services Platform at Amazon
SDM: Internationalization Data Services Platform Details
Jan. 8, 2019, 7:48 a.m.
Software Development
Seattle, Washington
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Amazon.com's long-term vision is to enable a seamless experience for all Amazon customers worldwide on any Amazon website and device, in any language and for any culture. This extends the personalization of the shopping experience by allowing our customers to define their preferred language and currency and ensure that we provide an equivalent experience for our customers in their language of preference as we do customers in the default marketplace language. Our organization’s goal is to provide a framework allowing us to define and measure the quality of these experiences and accelerate language adoption across marketplaces. We believe that, by establishing a platform team and providing tools and mechanisms, we can broadly influence change across Amazon while auditing the quality of our customer experiences. Our team started in early 2014 and, as of Jan 2019, we have launched multiple languages in 5 different marketplaces (US, Canada, Japan, Germany and India). Our goal is to provide a
· Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related technical discipline. · 5+ years of software development experience. · Proficiency in at least one modern programming language such as C, C++, C#, Java · Object Oriented Design and familiarity with application and database programming under UNIX/Linux. · Experience with Agile (SCRUM, RUP, XP), OO modeling, web services, UNIX, middleware, database and data mining systems · Proven experience mentoring and training the engineering community on complex technical issues · Master’s degree in computer science, Math or Physics or