 Manager, Search Engine
Optimization #05-13657 Amazon.com, earth's leading online retail technology company, is looking for an experienced manager to lead the search engine optimization (SEO) program. As the leader for SEO, you will be responsible for SEO strategy and execution for the Amazon.com family of websites. You will use quantitative analysis and experimentation to develop and implement new techniques for search engine optimization. Your team will be cross-functional, including software and web engineers. Candidates must be highly intelligent and have a passion for quantitative analysis and decision-making. Candidates should have experience prioritizing and managing multiple concurrent cross-functional projects, and should be comfortable working with technical and non-technical staff and maintaining strong working relationships across teams and across companies. Our Ideal Candidate: BA/BS or higher in computer science or related fields. Graduate degrees preferred; 3+ years of search engine optimization and management experience; 3+ years of software or web development experience; Ability to communicate with technical and non-technical staff; Ability to prioritize projects and formulate strategy. External/Internal CandidatesApply Now. Technical Program/Product Manager,
Associates, #04-10074 Interested in a challenging opportunity that will leverage your unique blend of technology and business skills? As a technical program/product manager, you will shape the next generation product strategy for the Amazon Associates program, the leading provider and largest network of affiliate solutions on the Web.Your responsibilities will include innovating and prioritizing new features and services to extend our current product offering, conducting business and competitive analyses, building product roadmaps, collecting requirements, writing functional specs, scheduling, and managing key software projects.The ideal candidate will possess a technical background that enables him/her to interact easily with software and Web developers and a demonstrated ability to think strategically about product and business issues. The right person will have 5-7 years of product and program management experience, be highly analytical, have strong communication skills, be detail-oriented yet able to look at a wide array of choices and identify what truly matters, and be calm in the face of fast-moving and hectic environments. Experience working with large, high performance systems, distributed networks, and a working knowledge of database modeling, OO language and design, XML, XSLT, HTML, and JavaScript is desired. Bachelors degree required; MBA and computer science. External/Internal CandidatesApply Now. Software Development Engineer, UI - Media
Technologies, #03-009520Amazon.com's Media Technologies team has an immediate opening for a talented and enthusiastic web developer to create and support media-centric features for the Amazon website. As a small team we work on an exciting and eclectic mix of services including the LookInside the Book, rich media (audio/video/3D), music downloads, electronic software downloads, eBooks and eDocs, online manuals, order contingent downloads, entertainment applications and interactive chat. Successful candidates for this position will have a strong background in OO Perl, UNIX, HTML, Javascript, SQL, CGI. Experience working with Mason, XML, DTHML, CSS, Javascript, search engines, and setting up Apache services is desired. Equally important to these specific skills are a candidate's ability to multi-task, quickly adapt to new development environments and changing business requirements, learn new systems, create reliable/maintainable code, and find creative and scalable solutions to difficult problems. The ability to communicate clearly and concisely both written and orally is a key competency as is demonstratable skill as a self-starter. The mediacentric nature of our group means that an artistic inclination or skills such as Photoshop/Director/Shockwave/Flash can be helpful but is not required. Bachelor's degree in computer science or a relevant area is highly desired. External/Internal CandidatesApply Now. Sr. Buyer, Sporting Goods, #03-009922
The Sporting Goods team is looking for an energetic, experienced buyer to manage high revenue growth in key sports and outdoors product categories (e.g. golf, exercise & fitness, cycling, camping & hiking). The ideal candidate will bring established, relevant industry relationships at the national level. Applicable experience is key in the following areas of business management: pricing, promotion, stock management, product development, private labeling and sourcing. The ability to problem solve using creative thinking and innovation is a plus.This position is responsible for managing a specific business category and growing the top and bottom line. Additional responsibilities include initiating vendor relationships, negotiating contracts and pricing, developing promotions, and monitoring and reacting to industry and competitive trends. Work ranges from managing item/vendor set-up and maintenance, pricing, presentation, assortments, and vendor relations. Must by highly organized and have strong computer skills. This candidate should have experience in team-building and management, planning, forecasting, and a background in retail or e-commerce. They must be able to work in a highly demanding but collegial environment where teamwork is a must. The right candidate will be flexible, action and results oriented, self-starting and comfortable with computer databases and tools. They must also be decisive and able to move with speed to implement own ideas. External/Internal CandidatesApply Now. Sr. Buyer, Bed and Bath,
#03-009573Amazon.com is looking to add an experienced senior level merchant who will be responsible for building and expanding the bed and bath categories within the Home and Garden store. This position is responsible for aggressively growing the top and bottom lines of the product categories and for building vendor relationships, negotiating contracts and pricing, developing promotions, and monitoring and reacting to industry and competitive trends.The ideal candidate will bring established, relevant vendor relationships at a national level in the housewares industry. Applicable experience in sourcing and network distribution channels is a plus. Responsibilities include managing item/vendor set-up and maintenance, pricing, presentation, assortments, and vendor relations. Must by highly organized and have extensive knowledge of MS Office (particularly Excel and Access), as well as familiarity with UNIX and web based software applications. This candidate should have experience in team-building and management, planning, forecasting, and a background in retail or e-commerce. They must be able to work in a highly demanding but collegial environment where teamwork is a must. The right candidate will be flexible, action and results oriented, and self-starting. They must also be decisive and able to move with speed to implement their own ideas. External/Internal CandidatesApply Now. Software Development Engineer - Customer
Self Service and Ordering, #03-009858As a software developer on our Consumer Ordering & Self-Service Team you will work independently and with software engineers, program managers, and design team members to create dynamic, optimized templates for Amazon.com and its related partners on the platform. You will also be responsible for insuring a coherent architecture of content and software across all system layers (i.e., content, web servers, middleware, and databases). Documented delivery of your ability to effectively explain technical options and limitations to both technical and non-technical audiences is required. You will be responsible for real-time operational support of the team's functional areas as well as brainstorming features and ideas. You will design and implement scalable, flexible features using HTML, Mason, Perl, and other Web technologies. You will also write supporting business functionality in C/C++ and/or Java. Re! quirements: All candidates must have UNIX (or LINUX) experience. Candidates will have working knowledge of HTML, scripting languages, Perl, C/C++, and current trends in Web technology, as well as the desire to learn new technologies. Candidates must be innovative, creative, flexible, self-directed, and understand how to design and write high-performance, reliable, maintainable code. Candidate's ability to quickly adapt to new development environments, changing business requirements and learning new systems is highly desired. A Bachelor's degree in computer science or a relevant area is required. Experience with large database driven web sites or applications is highly desired. External/Internal CandidatesApply Now. Software Development Engineer - Automated
Targeted E-mail, #03-009894Amazon.com is seeking a creative and independent software engineer to define, build, and maintain the software platform that selects content for our e-mail programs in a manner that's optimal for our customers. This team is responsible for the systems that conceive, build, send our customers highly personalized messages, record the respoonse, and feed the learnings gained into future message selection. Many opportunities exist to apply statistical and machine learning techniques, and the systems built must handle massive amounts of content and high traffic levels while providing a high level of availability. As a member of the Automated Targeted E-mail team, you will participate in architecture and design decisions, engage in research on how to effectively target content, and build the systems that optimize the Web site using object-oriented C/C++ on UNIX platforms. Candidates must also have a strong computer science background: a bachelor's degree or higher in computer science is required. Experience working with C/C++ is essential; knowledge of object-oriented programming, Java, Perl, and XML is desired. External/Internal CandidatesApply now . Software Development Engineer -
Statistical Analysis, #03-009874Amazon is looking for a unique software development engineer with experience in building systems and a strong background in statistical analysis and machine learning/artificial intelligence. Candidates must be innovative, creative, flexible and self-directed, with the ability to design and write high-performance, reliable, and maintainable code. Knowledge of data mining and business intelligence methodologies is also required. Solid communication skills and the ability to work well in a team are critical. A strong customer focus and experience with large database-driven Web sites are also essential. Candidates should be experienced in C/C++ or JAVA, SQL, OOP, and Perl, and be familiar with UNIX application programming, database programming. Candidates should have a track record of proven on-time delivery and be able to illustrate proficiency in both code development and data analysis. Minimum of 2-3 years work experience and a bachelor's degree in computer science is required. External/Internal CandidatesApply Now. Software Development Engineer - Media
Technologies, #03-008962Amazon.com's Media Technologies team has an immediate opening for a talented and enthusiastic senior software engineer to create and support media-centric features for the Amazon website. As a small team we work on an exciting and eclectic mix of services including the LookInside the Book, rich media (audio/video/3D), music downloads, electronic software downloads, eBooks and eDocs, online manuals, order contingent downloads, entertainment applications and interactive chat. Successful candidates for this position will have a strong background in OO Perl, UNIX, C++, C, SQL. Experience working with CGI, Mason, WebServices, XML, Apache services is desired. Equally important to these specific skills are a candidate's ability to multi-task, quickly adapt to new development environments and changing business requirements, learn new systems, create reliable/maintainable code, and find creative and scalable solutions to difficult problems. The ability to communicate clearly and concisely both written and orally is a key competency as is demonstratable skill as a self-starter. The media-centric nature of our group means that an artistic inclination or skills such as DHTML,Javascript/Photoshop/Director/Shockwave/Flash can be helpful but is not required. Bachelor's degree in computer science or a relevant area is highly desired. External/Internal CandidatesApply Now. 
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