Fire TV is the #1 best-selling streaming media player in the U.S. We are looking for a strong software development engineer to contribute to the architecture and operating system level performance. In this role you will have the opportunity to drive optimizations to the user experience of all Fire TV devices.
The ideal candidate has great debugging and problem-solving skills and deep knowledge of Android internals. You will also have an interest in developing automated solutions for consumer-facing products, strong technical ability, excellent organizational skills, great communication skills, a motivation to achieve results in a fast-paced environment.
Key job responsibilities
As a Software Development Engineer in the Device OS, you will take part in the implementation and delivery of Android frameworks and performance features for devices. You will work closely with the application teams, as well as partners to take the product from concept to customer release while ensuring the highest level of quality for your deliverables. You must have in-depth expertise working with Android frameworks stack or any high-level Operating system such as Linux or IOS. You must enjoy working on a variety of system domains that are typically found in a consumer electronics mobile, tablet or a TV device. In this role, you will:
* Create innovative new products that are used by millions of users
* Perform new Software architecture review for future products and SoCs platform.
* Contribute to the development of cutting-edge features and enhancements for the FTV Android/Linux OS frameworks. The ideal candidate should possess strong proficiency in at least one of the following programming languages: C++, Java, Rust, C, or React Native.
* Develop advanced tools and robust infrastructure leveraging AI to perform sophisticated data analysis and generate insightful reports. The candidate should posses strong proficiency in scripting languages like Python.
* Debug and Root-Cause System Stability & Performance issues on FTV devices.
* Instrument, monitor and enhance Fire OS for every Fire TV device
* Develop applications, extend features, and create new benchmarks for performance evaluation
* Suggest and implement optimizations to Fire OS
* Influence architecture decisions for best performance
* Specify system requirements for upcoming Fire TV devices
* Collaborate with teams incorporating features into Fire TV for optimal experience
- 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
- 3+ 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