Software Development Engineer (Test) – Global Talent Management Full Time

1A Market St, Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH1 1DE, UK
Amazon
Want to help design and build a brand new set of apps and a platform forthe future of Talent Management at Amazon, as experienced by hundreds ofthousands of employees? You can help us deliver an awesome employeeexperience, putting the employee at the center of their career. Come bepart of a team that will directly shape and influence the future growthof every employee at Amazon including your own!You will work as a Software Development Engineer (Test), using thelatest test technologies to help a number of teams build Javamicroservices in a distributed service-orientated architecture, usingAWS, NoSQL, and workflows, ultimately building a responsive JavaScriptweb application (using ECMA5, React and Angular 2).You will work as part of a sustainable-paced agile team and you willtake ownership for testing technology for the platform and apps. You andthe team will own the business, technology and operations, giving youthe responsibility, authority and autonomy to ensure success. You willbe involved in every aspect of the process – from idea generation,business analysis and technical design through to software developmentacross a variety of technologies. You will help teams deliver systemswill meet remarkably high standards of performance and reliability, andwill operate at massive scale, 24×7.Come join a team full of very intelligent and capable people who comefrom all over the world. Enjoy the chance to work in a relaxed settingwith a good social life. The team based in Edinburgh, Scotland israpidly expanding. Successful candidates will have strong technicalability, a focus on the customer experience, great teamwork andcommunication skills, and a motivation to achieve results in afast-paced environment.The position offers exceptional opportunities for every candidate togrow their technical and non-technical skills. You will have theopportunity to really make a difference to our business by inventing,enhancing and building world-class systems, delivering results, workingon exciting and challenging projects.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS Computer Science Honours degree (2:1 or better) or another technicaldegree or postgraduate study. In lieu of degree, relevant skills andequivalent experience. Demonstrated strong object-oriented design and coding skills in Java(or equivalent languages such as C++/C#/Python/Ruby). Experience working on build and test automation, including deliveringunit, integration, and load/performance tests. Strong computer science grounding in a broad range of algorithms and data-structures. Strong analytical and excellent problem solving skills. Strong written and verbal English communications skills. The candidate will be highly pragmatic – a do-er as well as a thinker;we use technology to solve real-world problems expediently to achievespectacular business returns.PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS Advanced test automation experience, building testing frameworks andlibraries that help software teams deliver higher quality code fasterthrough continuous deployment. Web application testing, including JavaScript unit testing, as well ascross-browser automation (e.g. via Chromium, Selenium, etc.) Test design and architecture (mocking, stubbing, automated data fortesting, testing distributed systems). Security testing (fuzz and penetration testing). Linux/UNIX (command-line tools, shell scripts, operations). Best-practice software engineering including Agile methodologies,refactoring, source control management, continuous integration and build processes.Personal qualities Results oriented with a strong customer and business focus Highly innovative, flexible and self-directed, but also a cooperativeteam player Ability to communicate and discuss technical topics with bothtechnical and business audiences Ability to deal well with ambiguous and undefined problems Able to thrive in a challenging and dynamic environment Strong sense of ownership and passion for writing world-class softwareIn return, we offer a highly competitive salary, and many otherexcellent benefits including healthcare and Stock. At Amazon, employeeshave the opportunity to become owners of the Company. We want employeesto think like owners, and awarding equity provides an ownershipopportunity to our employees. Eligible Amazon and subsidiary employeesreceive Amazon Restricted Stock Units. This is your opportunity todevelop a rewarding career in a unique, passionate and internationalenvironment, work hard, have fun and make history!Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately thatemploying a diverse workforce is central to our success. We makerecruiting decisions based on your experience and skills.All offers are conditional on references, verification of the right towork in the UK, and a successful background screening check. This checkwill include previous employment verification, qualificationverification (if relevant) and a basic criminal check. Further detailsof this policy and procedure will be sent to you along with yourconditional offer. – provided by Dice AGILE, AWS, BUSINESS ANALYSIS, C#, C++, COMPUTER SCIENCE, DEGREE, JAVA, JAVASCRIPT, LINUX, NOSQL, PENETRATION TESTING, POSTGRADUATE, PYTHON, REFACTORING, RUBY, SELENIUM, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING, UNIX