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Come join the Amazon Kids team in Toronto! Amazon Kids gives children the content that they love and devices built just for them. We also give parents the oversight and controls they need to feel safe. Our team builds the Amazon Kids Store and Subscription experiences — where kids discover and request the content they want, and parents stay in control by approving what their kids can access. Do you want to create and deliver innovative consumer products for millions of customers? We're looking for a talented, experienced Software Development Engineer with a track record of building and shipping innovative software to help shape our team, influence the team culture, and help develop the team. Our goal is to create a revolutionary experience for parents and kids to enjoy on our Amazon family of devices. You will work with the team to quickly and iteratively deliver high quality software features. Your team's work spans the backend services that power content discovery, ordering, and parental approvals, as well as the web/app experiences parents see — and you'll work across the full software stack as needed. Key job responsibilities As a Software Development Engineer, you will be responsible for owning and driving customer facing features for the Kids experience across multiple platform such as Tablet, Kindle and Fire TV. You will own software systems from inception to delivery and beyond. You will have an opportunity to design, architect and build innovative consumer products used every day by people you know. A day in the life In this role, you'll leverage your experience as a Software Engineer to solve difficult technical problems. You'll invent, design and build software that solves the challenges that kids and their parents face day-to-day. You'll work closely with your leadership and product management stakeholders to design simple solutions. You'll help to maintain our production software in the field and you'll identify our pain points and drive your team to solve them. You'll help make your team better, more efficient, and a more enjoyable place to work. About the team Amazon Kids+ brings together all types of content that kids and parents love, including books, Audible books, movies, TV shows, educational apps and games, plus a child-friendly Alexa experience. It provides peace of mind for parents with award-winning parental controls and monitoring through Parent Dashboard, and a world of fun for kids where they can choose from thousands of the most popular titles and age-appropriate content. Amazon Kids is available on Fire Tablets, Fire TV, Kindle e-readers, compatible Android and iOS mobile devices, and compatible Alexa devices. Here's more information: http://www.amazon.com/kids.
Here's how to pick the right one and stand out in your application.
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That number is real. WorkMundi's database shows 144,883 open engineer roles across the world. India has the most with 31,687 jobs, followed by the United States with 30,084. If you just finished reading one job ad and felt paralyzed by choice, you're not alone—but this scale is actually an advantage. It means you can afford to be selective.
Start by geography and language. The majority of engineer ads—117,837 of them—have the job posting text written in English. Use that as one filter, but remember: the ad text language tells you nothing about whether the role actually requires you to speak English day-to-day. Read the job description carefully. Then check which countries have the volume you're targeting. Singapore, Poland, and Australia round out the top five after India and the US.
Next, learn who's hiring. Accenture has posted 2,801 engineer roles. andurilindustries, speechify, and jobgether are also actively recruiting. If you're applying to one of these names, research their hiring patterns and interview style before you apply. That homework pays off.
When you interview, expect the question every engineer hears: 'Tell me about a time you had to debug a problem that wasn't in your job description.' Have a specific story ready—not a general one. Name the tools, the deadline pressure, and what you learned. Hiring managers listen for whether you see problem-solving as part of the role itself, not a favour.