Sr. Software Development Engineer, Device OS

Sr. Software Development Engineer, Device OS Amazon Lab126 is an inventive research and development company that designs and engineers high-profile consumer electronics. Lab126 began in 2004 as a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc., originally creating the best-selling Kindle family of products. Since then, Lab126 has produced groundbreaking devices like Fire tablets, Fire TV, Amazon Echo, and Dash Button. The Device OS team is a big part of creating these innovative devices at Lab126 providing the core OS, platform, features and components. In the Device OS group, we are inventing the future for consumer electronics and are looking for a software development engineer to help us bring the vision into reality and solve real world challenges that will transform our customers' experiences in ways we can't even imagine yet. The team develops scalable cloud solutions that enable our partners to quickly build and launch devices quickly and in a cost-effective way. If you love to be hands on designing and implementing quality platform for our consumer electronic devices while working with a world class, highly accomplished team, we would love to talk with you. As a Sr. Software Development Engineer, you will lead the technical aspects of core Device customer experience and engage with an experienced cross-disciplinary staff to design implement and bring to market innovative consumer products. You must be responsive, flexible and able to succeed within an open collaborative peer environment. This Sr. Software Development Engineer role will be responsible to create innovative Embedded solutions enabling new/unique experiences for our customers with a wide range of Amazon Devices. This hands-on position also requires broad engineering competency in Embedded Software, Linux middleware, C/C++ based device software modules and application development, Strong experience in Multimedia domain (Audio, Video), good knowledge on HAL/HIDL is preferred along with a strong code craftsmanship principles and a good understanding of the scalable software system design. In addition, provide technical consultation across different organization, find innovative ways to solve customer needs and take up interesting technical problems that are unique to devices. You will work closely with Platform and application teams to ensure the highest level of quality for the Device OS deliverable. Key job responsibilities Software Development Engineer will deeply be involved in design of various middleware and cloud services by collaborating with the various internal and external stakeholders. Software Development Engineer will closely work with the Product Management team to detail out/disambiguate the requirements. Software Development Engineer will own the quality of his/her own work (code/design) and also help junior members in the team to meet or exceed the quality bar. Basic Qualifications 8+ years of non-internship professional software development experience 8+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team 7+ Years of experience in Multimedia domain, having hands-on on various Audio, Video Codec, streaming technologies 8+ Years of experience in C++ programming language and OS Middleware Strong debugging skills to navigate and root cause across multi component system Preferred Qualifications 8+ 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 In depth knowledge and working experience in OS Middleware, Multimedia Tech stack. Experience in optimizing the tech stack for performance, Memory etc. Hands on experience in dealing with various Codec (Audio and Video), handling AV sync issues 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 for more information. If the country/region you're applying in isn't listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner. Posted: November 25, 2025 (Updated about 7 hours ago) Posted: December 16, 2025 (Updated about 10 hours ago) Posted: December 16, 2025 (Updated about 10 hours ago) Posted: December 16, 2025 (Updated about 10 hours ago) Posted: December 16, 2025 (Updated about 10 hours ago) Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. #J-18808-Ljbffr