Amazon Recruits Freshers

Software Development Engineer
Company:Amazon Chennai (Dev Ctr - IN)
Job ID:79315
Location:IN-Chennai

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Overview

Does the thought of building huge, high-transaction, distributed systems with terabyte sized databases excite you? Would you thrive in an environment where you’d solve tough technical problems, often ones that others haven’t solved before, with peers who have industry leading technical abilities, and where your solutions would roll out to a huge number of customers?

The Amazon Kindle team is looking for Software Development Engineers!

Already the #1 Bestselling, #1 Most Wished for, the #1 Most Gifted item on Amazon, the Amazon Kindle is a revolutionary reading device and one of the most innovative businesses on Amazon. With a crisp paper like display, wireless 3G connectivity, over 300,000 books to choose from, and 100 leading international periodicals, the Kindle provides a compelling and novel digital reading experience. It is a fine example of innovation for Amazon’s customers.

Candidates applying should have:

* Excellent programming skills in either C, C++ or Java
* Strong fundamentals in core Computer Science areas like Data Structures and Algorithms.
* Creatively use their tech skills to solve business problems
* Linux system development experience is a plus.

Equally important to these specific skills are a candidate's ability to:

* Multi-task
* Quickly adapt to new development environments and changing business requirements
* Learn new systems
* Create reliable/maintainable code, and find creative and scalable solutions to difficult problems
* The ability to communicate clearly and concisely both written and orally is a key competency as is demonstrable skill as a self-starter

We are looking for candidates who are passionate about delivering a world-class Kindle experience to our customers.

B.E/B.Tech/MCA/M.E/M.Tech/Ph.D degree in computer science or related fields, or equivalent experience, is required

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