Software Development Engineer, FireTV

Join Amazon's Fire TV 3p Devices team as a Senior Software Development Engineer, where you'll be at the forefront of developing FireTV partner products. This role focuses on Android Open Source Project (AOSP) development, working with a cross-disciplinary team to create innovative smart TV solutions. You'll be responsible for building delightful FireTV products with lower cost and faster time to market, while having significant influence on overall strategy and system architecture.

The position requires deep expertise in Android systems, Linux kernel development, and experience with bootloader and device drivers. You'll work closely with business partners, engineers, and testers to design, implement, and maintain complex software applications. The role involves mentoring junior engineers and driving best practices that enable quality products.

As part of the Smart TV Platform team, you'll be responsible for delivering high-performance and stable platforms for Smart TV products. You'll collaborate with FireTV and FireOS developers, SoC vendors, ODMs, and hardware teams to create new features, customize BSP based on hardware designs, and improve system performance.

The ideal candidate should be highly effective in a dynamic environment, comfortable with technical leadership, and enjoy working directly with hardware. This is an opportunity to work on cutting-edge technologies while developing well-rounded skills in leadership and project management. You'll be part of a team that's redefining TV viewing experiences and impacting billions of viewers and devices.

The Fire TV 3P engineering team is expanding with a greenfield engineering initiative to develop tools and technologies that will revolutionize how partners build their TVs on the FireTV ecosystem. With exciting launches planned ahead, this role offers the chance to independently own and support the end-to-end product journey for partners.