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Want to change the lives of millions of people by helping them find their next favorite book? As a Software Development Engineer at Goodreads, you'll have the opportunity to build experiences for the world's largest community of readers - 135 million and growing.
The Goodreads' mission is to help people discover books they love and get more out of reading. Goodreads helps readers find personalized book recommendations based on their reading activity and our community, and deepen their reading experience with reviews and tracking of books. Goodreads is also a place where more than 340,000 authors connect with readers. Goodreads is a subsidiary of Amazon, Inc.
The team you'll be joining is the Amazon Integrations team which is focused on leveraging Amazon systems and tech to improve Goodreads experiences. Currently the team is working on Goodreads Catalog integration which is critical to further Amazon integrations including Search, Personalization, Authors etc
As a Software Development Engineer, you will work backward from the customer to improve the Goodreads experience. You will be involved in the full software development process including design, implementation, and maintenance of critical systems with high throughput. You will have the opportunity to learn new programming languages and dive into topics like security, scalability, API design, search, and grow as a leader on your team. You will be expected to work in a heterogeneous environment of different languages and technologies and bring flexibility, speed, and quality to our team. The successful candidate will thrive in a culture of experimentation and innovation, but also have a proven track record of delivering results to solve challenging problems.
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