Software Development Engineer II , Amazon Live, Creator Live Streaming App and Data Services

DESCRIPTION

Amazon Live is revolutionizing online shopping through interactive livestream experiences, helping customers discover exciting products while enabling content creators to build engaging content and community. Experience it at:

As a Full-stack Engineer on the Amazon Live Creator and Data Services Team, you'll be at the forefront of AI innovation and scalable service development. You'll build the infrastructure powering interactive shopping experiences through our Live creator mobile app, with significant opportunities to shape our AI-driven future.

Key Technical Initiatives:

- Implement AI solutions within established frameworks to enhance Creator workflows
- Own and develop systems to improve content quality and engagement
- Build and maintain integrations with Amazon's advertising ecosystem
- Apply AI tools effectively to support team efficiency and output

You'll utilize your experience in distributed systems and performance optimization while working with AI/ML technologies. If you're excited about combining video technology with artificial intelligence, and want to contribute to a collaborative team working on strategic initiatives that are shaping the future of e-commerce, join our team today!

Key job responsibilities
- Design and implement distributed backend systems and RESTful APIs, focusing on scalability and reliability for both web and mobile applications
- Develop and maintain mobile applications for iOS/Android platforms while ensuring seamless integration with backend services, utilizing frameworks such as React Native or native development
- Design and implement AI-powered features within existing service architectures to enhance product functionality across both backend and mobile fronts
- Work closely with UX designers, Product Managers, Applied Scientists, and other Software Engineers to implement robust user experiences
- Execute performance optimization tasks and monitor system metrics to meet latency and reliability targets
- Mentor junior engineers on technical tasks and demonstrate engineering best practices through example

A day in the life
You will develop and maintain features that leverage AI-based tools for creators and brands, including video processing, stream management, and content categorization systems to enhance the viewing experience for Amazon customers. You'll implement and utilize AI tools and frameworks to improve development efficiency, automate workflows, and optimize engineering processes. Your strong background in distributed systems, performance optimization, and metrics analysis will help drive improvements in our service architecture while maintaining high reliability standards. You'll work collaboratively within established architectural patterns to build scalable solutions that support our rapidly growing business.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 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