Come join the Amazon Kids team in Madrid! Amazon Kids gives children the content that they love and devices built just for them. We also give parents the oversight and controls they need to feel safe. Our team in Madrid is focused on building out our features for parents to control their kids activity.

We´re looking for an experienced Software Engineer to help form our team and influence the team culture and will help hire and develop the team. You will work with the team to quickly and iteratively deliver high quality software features. Your team´s work will often be mobile device (Android and iOS) focused but you will work across the software stack as needed. Most of all, you´ll partner with your peers and leadership to make sure that the team is a healthy and enjoyable place for everyone to be at their best and have fun.

Key job responsibilities

- Have a seat at the table defining the structure and strategic goals for this new organization

- Work with your manager to clarify requirements, design solutions, and solve difficult software problems

- Identify appropriate trade-offs and escalate when you realize that a problem is beyond your control.

- Mentor your new teammates and help them learn to develop production software in line with Amazon´s quality bar

- Take ownership for the long-term quality and success of the products that your team builds and drive continuous improvement in engineering and operational excellence

- Participate in an on-call rotation once every ~2 months

A day in the life

In this role, you´ll leverage your experience as a Software Engineer to solve difficult technical problems for cross platform mobile applications (FireOS, Android, iOS), often using React Native and/or Java. You´ll invent, design and build software that solves the challenges that kids and their parents face day-to-day. You´ll work closely with your leadership and product management stakeholders to design simple solutions. You´ll help to maintain our production software in the field and you´ll identify our pain points and drive your team to solve them. You´ll help make your team better and more efficient.

About the team

Amazon Kids+ brings together all types of content that kids and parents love, including books, Audible books, movies, TV shows, educational apps and games, plus a child-friendly Alexa experience. It provides peace of mind for parents with award-winning parental controls and monitoring through Parent Dashboard, and a world of fun for kids where they can choose from thousands of the most popular titles and age-appropriate content, all hand-selected by the Amazon Kids team. Amazon Kids is available on Fire Tablets, Fire TV, Kindle e-readers, compatible Android and iOS mobile devices, and compatible Alexa devices.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience (non-internship) in professional software development

- Experience designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems

- Experience programming with at least one software programming language

- Experience with full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor´s degree in computer science or equivalent

- Experience designing native mobile experiences (iOS, Android, and Kindle) and mobile-optimized websites

- Experience building web applications with React and modern web technologies

- Knowledge of push notifications and client - back end integrations