Firmware Engineer, Key

How often have you had the opportunity to be a member of a team that is tasked with solving a huge everyday problem through innovative technology?

Would you like to know more about how we are using the internet of things (IoT) to transform and disrupt an entire industry?

If this sounds intriguing, then we’d like to talk to you about a role on the Key for Business team tackling a set of problems requiring significant innovation.

Key job responsibilities

How often have you had the opportunity to be a member of a team that is tasked with solving a huge everyday problem through innovative technology?

Would you like to know more about how we are using the internet of things (IoT) to transform and disrupt an entire industry?

If this sounds intriguing, then we’d like to talk to you about a role on the Key for Business team tackling a set of problems requiring significant innovation.

Key for Business is our patented building access technology which supports Amazon Last Mile in the US.

You will work in a highly collaborative environment that feels like a startup inside a big company. You should be comfortable with a degree of ambiguity that’s higher than most projects and relish the idea of solving complex problems at scale.

Along the way, we guarantee that you’ll learn a ton, have fun and make a positive impact on millions of people.

A day in the life

• Design and create world class firmware and software
• Dive into and take ownership of critical design issues and code
• Interact with cross-functional teams across the company, including hardware team
• Participate in design and code reviews
• Address all aspects of technology readiness, including manufacturability
• Help build robust methodology and processes to deliver technology to products

About the team

Key for Business (KfB) team’s mission is to provide Amazon with 1-click access to every customer's doorstep. Key for Business, our patented building access technology, supports Amazon Last Mile in the US.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations :

Austin, TX, USA

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language
• 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

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