Amazon is looking for an experienced software engineer to be the founding member of a new customer reviews development team in Seattle, WA. We own Amazon's famous Customer Reviews and Star Ratings – one of the world’s largest community driven products and a hallmark, permanent feature of Amazon’s retail website. This feature is a tremendously visible aspect of Amazon's brand and competitive advantage. We materially impact dozens of Amazon’s retail businesses and hence are considered a tier-1 critical feature for the company. Our features and designs have inspired many others, but we are relentlessly maintaining our lead in innovation. We are forming a team to develop transforming new features that will help millions of customers to make shopping decisions on-line. We strive to build the most intuitive and fast user experience possible. We will achieve it by utilizing Amazon’s highly scalable distributed systems and applying the latest techniques in data mining, predictive modeling, and
▪ BS in Computer Science or equivalent ▪ 2+ years of industry experience. ▪ In depth knowledge of at least one modern programming language such as Java, C++ with strong base in object-oriented design and development ▪ Strong Computer Science fundamentals in data structures, algorithm design, problem solving, and complexity analysis ▪ Sharp analytical abilities, great sense of ownership, urgency, and drive. ▪ Passion for innovation and learning. ▪ MS in Computer Science or equivalent ▪ 2+ years of industry experience building feature rich user facing applications and distributed systems for commercial