Application Engineer III
Amazon
2 - 5 years
Chennai
Posted: 2/27/2025
Job Description
Join the team shaping the future of digital reading at Amazon! We're seeking Support Engineers to help drive excellence in our Amazon Kindle software services.
The Kindle Engineering Support team delivers critical tier 3/4 technical support and engineering services that keep millions of customers' reading experiences seamless.
As a key member of our team, you'll work across the Kindle digital environment, ensuring reliable service delivery while driving continuous improvement.
What You'll Do:
• Lead complex technical troubleshooting across multiple Kindle products and services
• Develop and maintain automation tools using Python, Java, Perl, shell scripting, and full
- stack web technologies
• Manage deployment processes in staging and production environments
• Own end
- to
- end resolution of critical support incidents
• Build and maintain monitoring solutions and status reporting systems
• Take ownership of key digital products/components within or overlapping with Kindle
• Coordinate cross
- team technical responses while maintaining service level agreements
• Create and maintain technical documentation and knowledge bases
• Drive operational improvements through tool development and process optimization
What We're Looking For:
• Strong problem
- solving abilities with a focus on customer impact
• Experience in support, development and systems engineering
• Ability to thrive in a fast
- paced environment and handle multiple priorities
• Excellence in cross
- team collaboration and technical communication
• Track record of improving operational efficiency through automation
• Passion for building reliable, scalable solutions
This role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact on Amazon's digital reading experience while working with cutting
- edge technologies and world
- class engineering teams.
Basic Qualifications
- 2+ years of software development, or 2+ years of technical support experience
- Experience troubleshooting and debugging technical systems
- Experience in Unix
- Experience scripting in modern program languages
Preferred Qualifications
- Knowledge of web services, distributed systems, and web application development
- Experience scripting in one or more language (e.g.
Bash, Python, Perl, Ruby)
- Experience with REST web services, XML, JSON
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers.
If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how
- we
- hire/accommodations for more information.
If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
About Company
Amazon is a multinational technology and e-commerce company founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994. Initially focused on selling books online, it quickly expanded into a broad range of products and services, including electronics, cloud computing (via Amazon Web Services), streaming, and artificial intelligence. Amazon has revolutionized online shopping with fast delivery, personalized recommendations, and a subscription service called Amazon Prime. It is one of the world's largest and most valuable companies, with a significant impact on retail, technology, and logistics.
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