Rufus is a generative AI-powered shopping assistant in the Amazon Shopping app designed to help answer a variety of shopping-related questions. Rufus makes it easy for customers to find and discover the best products to meet their needs by helping with product research, providing comparisons and recommendations, answering specific product questions, and more. We are searching for pioneers who are passionate about technology, innovation, and customer experience to join the Rufus team.

If you are thrilled about creating customer experiences that will be used by millions of people worldwide and are eager to tackle technical challenges that have never been addressed before, then this is the perfect opportunity for you.

As an experienced engineer on the Mobile frontend team, you will have the opportunity to design and lead the development of a unique and engaging feature for millions of customers. You will be an integral part of a passionate and creative team that encourages experimentation and innovation on behalf of our customers. You will play an active role in building quick prototypes or proofs of concept in partnership with other technology leaders within the team. You will tackle challenging, novel situations every day and have the opportunity to work with multiple technical teams at Amazon. Along the way, you’ll learn a lot, have fun and make a positive impact on millions of people.

We are looking for a talented Software Engineer with a strong technical background, customer obsession and bias for action with a track record of delivering robust solutions quickly. To be successful in this role, you will need strong communication skills, focus on engineering excellence and a laser focus on high quality delivery. You will be expected to be proficient technically, mentor junior developers, adopt software development best practices, and iterate quickly.

Key job responsibilities
- Collaborate with product and design teams to define and implement exceptional user experiences
- Build a world-class mobile experience for our customers
- Work closely with product managers and UX designers to define features
- Understand latest trends in mobile technology and work across Amazon mobile teams
- Design, develop, test, and maintain software applications and tools owned by the team
- Relish the idea of solving problems and be comfortable with a degree of ambiguity that’s higher than most projects