AmazonPosted 6d ago

Application Builder, Ring Application Services

Application Builder, Ring Application Services at Amazon scores 40 out of 100 on AI centrality, which makes it AI Level 2 of 4 (Uses AI) on this board. The level measures how much of the work is AI, not seniority.

GB, Cambridgemidfull-time

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Build and maintain Android mobile apps and cloud services while leveraging generative AI tools to enhance development productivity.

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The Ring team is looking for a passionate and talented Software Development Engineer who has experience building world-class Android mobile apps, and the ability to build scalable cloud-based services. You will be responsible for developing mobile applications and cloud services that interact seamlessly with our devices and delight our customers.

The ideal candidate is a full stack engineer who can work across mobile, back-end, and cloud infrastructure to deliver high-quality, end-to-end solutions.

You will join a team that owns the most important place in the Ring - Setup experience. This is a great opportunity to shape the setup process experience for millions of users.

Our goal is to provide the best possible experience to our customers, building solutions and supporting new products that help Ring on their mission to make neighborhoods safer.

Key job responsibilities
- Design, develop and maintain our Android mobile applications
- Develop and maintain backend services, APIs, and micro-services.
- Work with team members to investigate design approaches, prototype technology and evaluate technical feasibility
- Implement robust and maintainable code with clear and maintained documentation.
- Own the features, from conception to launch
- Deliver customer value in iterative fashion while working towards longer term systems to solve roadmap goals with increasing efficiency.
- Communicate status and changes to the work they are responsible and accountable for, keep all stakeholders informed of changes and updates to original plan.
- Implement test automation on all code implemented through unit testing and integration testing.
- Leverage generative AI tools and techniques to enhance development productivity, code quality, and system design while maintaining security and compliance standards.

A day in the life
This role provides a unique opportunity to be a key part in shaping the core of Ring's offerings to our customers. You will work across teams to prototype ideas and solve complex problems, and raise the bar of our applications by advocating and driving software best practices, automating tasks and identifying pitfalls. As part of the team, you will continue to learn and become an expert in challenging fields. You will have the opportunity to contribute your creative ideas and energy, working with world-class experts, distributed cloud systems and home security devices.

About the team
Working on exciting new features and fully owning some of the most visited and core experiences in the Ring app, our team is always looking to learn and innovate. We frequently collaborate with cloud, firmware and other mobile teams to solve problems, come up with solutions and delight our customers. We are data driven, value and promote ownership, working backwards from our customers to bring them an innovative and seamless home security experience.

Basic qualifications

- Experience in professional, non-internship software development
- Experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems
- Android mobile application development experience in Kotlin

Preferred qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- Experience with full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
- Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design

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