Sr. Software Development Engineer, Smart TV Platform

Amazon Device and Service is an inventive R&D company that designs and engineers high-profile consumer electronics, creating products like Kindle, Fire tablets, Fire TV, and Amazon Echo.
$151,300 - $261,500
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Senior Software Engineer
In-Person
5,000+ Employees
5+ years of experience
Consumer

Description For Sr. Software Development Engineer, Smart TV Platform

Amazon Device and Service is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer to join their Smart TV Platform team. This role combines embedded systems development with consumer electronics innovation, focusing on the development of Amazon's Smart TV platform.

The position offers an exciting opportunity to work at the intersection of hardware and software, developing crucial platform features for Amazon's Fire TV products. You'll be working with cutting-edge technology, collaborating with multiple teams including FireTV and FireOS developers, SoC vendors, and hardware teams.

As a senior engineer, you'll be responsible for system-level development, including work with Linux kernel, bootloader, and device drivers. The role requires deep technical expertise in Android systems and Linux kernel development, making it perfect for engineers who enjoy working directly with hardware and system-level software.

The Smart TV Platform team is responsible for delivering and maintaining high-performance, stable platforms for Smart TV products. This is a chance to impact millions of users through Amazon's consumer electronics ecosystem. The compensation is competitive, ranging from $151,300 to $261,500 per year, depending on location, plus additional benefits and potential equity.

The ideal candidate will thrive in a dynamic environment, demonstrate technical leadership, and have a proven track record of delivering software products from conception to release. This role offers the opportunity to work on challenging technical problems while contributing to products that directly impact consumers' daily lives.

Amazon offers a comprehensive benefits package and promotes an inclusive culture that empowers employees to deliver the best results for customers. The company is committed to diversity and equal opportunity employment, making it an excellent place for professional growth and development.

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Responsibilities For Sr. Software Development Engineer, Smart TV Platform

  • Work with FireTV and FireOS developers, SoC vendors, ODMs, Hardware team, and technical program managers
  • Create new platform features
  • Customize BSP based on hardware designs
  • Address issues in platform areas like HAL, Linux Kernel, drivers, bootloader
  • Improve system performance and stability
  • Deliver customer-loving high quality smart TV products
  • Engage with cross-disciplinary staff to conceive, design, and bring to market innovative developer tools
  • Drive key aspects of product definition, execution, and test

Requirements For Sr. Software Development Engineer, Smart TV Platform

Linux
  • 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 of new and existing systems experience
  • Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team
  • In-depth expertise working with Android system
  • In-depth knowledge and experience with Linux kernel development
  • Experience on bootloader and device drivers development

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