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Amazon Lab126 | SW Dev Engineer - Prototyping | Sunnyvale | VISA ONSITE | https://www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/406919 Job description: You will be responsible for software architecture and design of new concepts. We are looking for candidates with broad interests who thrive in a fast paced start-up like environment. In your role, you will be a part of the team that brings in new ideas and delivers proof of concepts. To be successful, you need to be highly motivated and detail oriented. In this role, you will: • Actively participate in concept development and design ideation as part of a small team • Rapidly build and iterate on polished, high-fidelity prototypes that express design intent • Develop functional prototypes to prove and sell concepts to development teams and senior leadership • Partner with other teams to ensure that our techniques and technologies translate through to shipping products and services • Be able to work creatively through and around limitations or challenges imposed by the delivery platform to create delightful experiences for customers Basic Qualifications • A track record of great ideas and even better execution Ability to learn new technologies quickly • Degree in Computer Science or Related Technical Field • 5+ years of experience as a key member of a software engineering team • 5+ years of participating in the complete product development life-cycle • 5+ years of launched applications • Understanding of the layers involved in web apps (databases, caches, server-side, HTML, JS, CSS, user interface) and mobile apps (operating systems, APIs, view layer, etc.) • Working knowledge of a handful of programming languages • Excellent communication skills