[nfbwatlk] FW: [Jobs] Amazon is hiring

[Natalya Budnik]

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Amazon is hiring for SDEs/SDETs for full-time positions upon graduation!
We would love to hear from you!  If you are interested in a full-time
position at Amazon, please send your resume directly to Melissa Cooke,
Recruiter, atmeco at amazon.com<mailto:meco at amazon.com>

Software Development Engineer / Software Development Engineer in Test:
As a member of the Amazon development team, you'll be given the opportunity
to have direct impact on the evolution of the Amazon e-commerce platform and
lead mission critical projects early in your career. Your design, code and
raw smarts will contribute to solving some of the most complex technical
challenges in the areas of distributed systems, data mining, optimization,
scalability, security and tweaking algorithms, just to name a few.

Are you looking for an environment where you can drive innovation? Are you
interested in finding the best intersection of features vs. performance? Are
you up to the task of delivering innovative technology that offers millions
of unique products to thousands of suppliers, to tens of millions of
customers around the world? Many of the technical challenges Amazon
encounters have never been dealt with before on this scale, if at all. Come
help lead the way in e-commerce innovation.

Basic Qualifications:
* Must be currently enrolled in school or graduated within the last 12
months
* Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering or related
technical discipline
* At least 2 years experience with object-oriented design and coding, to
include academic experience and/or internships

Preferred Qualifications:
* Strong, object-oriented design and coding skills (C/C++ and/or Java
preferably on a UNIX or Linux platform)
* Knowledge of Perl or other scripting languages a plus
* Experience with distributed (multi-tiered) systems, algorithms, and
relational databases
* Experience in optimization mathematics (linear programming, nonlinear
optimization)
* Ability to effectively articulate technical challenges and solutions
* Deal well with ambiguous/undefined problems; ability to think abstractly
* Previous technical internship(s) preferred
* Graduate degree a plus
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