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Senior Software Development Engineer

Souq.com, An Amazon Company
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Posted 4 years ago
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  • We are looking for Senior Software Development Engineers to be based in Dubai, UAE with 7+ years of solid Software engineering experience involving solving complex problems.
  • They will get to work on some of the key initiatives planned to support our rapid evolution and growth of Amazon International Expansion Business, and in the process solve some of the most challenging problems. Responsibilities include:
  • Set technical vision for a new software product.
  • Design, implement, test, deploy and maintain innovative software solutions to transform service performance, durability, cost, and security.
  • Use software engineering best practices to ensure a high standard of quality for all of the team deliverables.
  • Write high quality distributed system software.
  • Work in an agile, startup-like development environment, where you are always working on the most important stuff.
  • Mentor and lead your team of developers.
  • Guide senior leadership to help drive business decisions.
  • In this role you will lead a critical and highly-visible function within Amazon International Expansion Business. You will be given the opportunity to autonomously deliver the technical direction of the service, and the feature roadmap. You will work with extraordinary talent and have the opportunity to hire and shape the team to best execute on the product.

Job Requirements

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

  • 7+ years industry experience in designing software architecture, leading software development groups, and operating scalable software systems
  • Requirement analysis, failure analysis, API design, distributed consistency
  • Distributed caching (memcached, Redis, or comparable technology)
  • Metrics, analysis, and software profiling
  • Strong object-oriented design skills with understanding of common design paradigms
  • Experience with Java or other object oriented languages- preferably on a UNIX or Linux platform including JVM internals or equivalent lower-level implementation
  • Experience with distributed (multi-tiered) systems, algorithms, and relational databases
  • Experience writing unit and system level tests using dependency injection frameworks and object mocking
  • Experience in optimization mathematics (linear programming, nonlinear optimization)
  • Oral and written communication skills (ability to produce runbooks, technical, and non-technical documentation)
  • Experience coaching junior software development engineers including code review and design review
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering or related technical discipline

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • 10+ years industry experience in designing software architecture, leading software development groups, and operating scalable software systems
  • Strong, object-oriented design and coding skills (C/C++ and/or Java preferably on a UNIX or Linux platform)
  • Knowledge of Python, Perl, or other scripting languages a plus
  • Experience with functional programming languages such as Erlang
  • Ability to effectively articulate and drive solutions to technical and business challenges
  • Deal well with ambiguous/undefined problems; ability to think abstractly
  • Experience working with driving product vision to deliver long term customer and advertiser value
  • Willingness to own all stages of development process: requirements, design, implementation, testing, and operational support
  • Excellent interpersonal communication with strong verbal / written English skills

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