Sr Software Development Engineer, Amazon Music- Big Screens

Technical Leadership & Architecture

• Lead the technical direction for major features and products within the developer experience portfolio
• Drive technical decisions and establish best practices for your team’s codebase and infrastructure
• Mentor SDE 1s and SDE 2s, conducting design reviews and providing technical guidance
• Partner with Principal Engineers to solve complex technical challenges and align on architectural approaches
• Set and uphold the engineering and operational excellence bar: design reviews, coding standards, testing strategy, and prod/operational readiness.

Build High-Impact Products

• Design APIs and frameworks that other teams can leverage to build their own productivity solutions
• Ensure your solutions are scalable, maintainable, and operationally excellent
• Partner with teams across the organization to deeply understand their pain points and requirements
• Work with Principal Engineers to validate technical approaches and incorporate feedback.
• Present technical designs and results to leadership and stakeholders

5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience

• 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
• 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ 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

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, CA, San Francisco - 193,300.00 - 261,500.00 USD annually

Amazon Music is an immersive audio entertainment service that deepens connections between fans, artists, and creators. From personalized music playlists to exclusive podcasts, concert livestreams to artist merch, Amazon Music is innovating at some of the most exciting intersections of music and culture. We offer experiences that serve all listeners with our different tiers of service: Prime members get access to all the music in shuffle mode, and top ad-free podcasts, included with their membership; customers can upgrade to Amazon Music Unlimited for unlimited, on-demand access to 100 million songs, including millions in HD, Ultra HD, and spatial audio; and anyone can listen for free by downloading the Amazon Music app or via Alexa-enabled devices. Join us for the opportunity to influence how Amazon Music engages fans, artists, and creators on a global scale.

About the team Amazon Music’s Big Screens team is responsible for delivering the living-room music experience across Fire TV, Android TV, and third-party connected TV platforms. The team owns the end-to-end development of the Amazon Music client applications, creating an engaging, reliable, and high-performance experience for customers on the largest screens in their homes. Our charter is to build and evolve the next generation of the Amazon Music experience on Big Screens by delivering intuitive navigation, immersive playback experiences, and server-driven UI capabilities that enable rapid feature innovation across a diverse ecosystem of TV devices. We partner closely with product, design, and engineering teams to bring new music experiences to customers while ensuring a consistent, high-quality experience across all supported platforms.

As part of the Customer eXperience Infrastructure organization, our team is focused on delivering a best-in-class living-room experience that is stable, performant, and customer-obsessed. We work closely with Amazon Music teams across the United States and India to build, launch, and continuously improve experiences that delight millions of customers using Amazon Music on Fire TV and third-party TV devices worldwide