Description The Amazon Fire TV team designs and engineers the best-selling and groundbreaking devices for Fire TV product Line. You can be part of a fast-paced, agile and innovative team who is bringing new multi-modal, integrated voice with GUI, experiences to FireTV in a startup like environment. Key job responsibilities Are you interested in jumping into the driver’s seat of our sensational FireTV partner products? We are looking for exceptional talent with Android Open Source Project (AOSP) expertise to join as a Senior Software Development Engineer in the Fire TV 3p Devices team. Our team's mission is to build delightful FireTV products for our customers and partners with lower cost and faster time to market. As a member of the team, you will be working with business partners, software development engineers and testers to design, implement, test, launch, document, and maintain complex software applications, tools, and systems. You will have significant influence on our overall strategy by helping define these product features, drive the system architecture, and spearhead the best practices that enable a quality product. You will learn a variety of cutting-edge technologies, development processes, and develop well-rounded skills such as leadership, and effective project management. You will also mentor junior software development engineers. A day in the life The ideal candidate has current and extensive experience developing and building Android systems and applications. The candidate understands what the limitations of the platform are and can design and implement additional services or help optimize existing ones to meet the product requirements. The ideal candidate: - Has in-depth expertise working with Android system - In-depth knowledge and experience with Linux kernel development - Experience on bootloader and device drivers development and enjoy working on hardware directly - Enjoys working side by side with partners, colleagues and teams on tough problems - Is highly effective and thrives in a dynamic environment with multiple, changing priorities - Knows what is important when releasing software to developers and has been through the process from start to finish - Is comfortable with proactive outward communication and technical leadership and never shies away from a challenge About the team Amazon FireTV products are revolutionary consumer devices that have become the #1 best-selling Amazon products. They are among the most innovative and fastest growing businesses at both Amazon and the entire consumer electronics industry. We are looking for talented software engineers to join our team in building application software. This is an enormous opportunity to lead the design, architecture, and implementation of products used every day by people you know. Basic Qualifications - Bachelor's degree Preferred Qualifications - 6+ years of deploying and operating in a Linux/Unix environment experience