[TriLUG] [Fwd: RE: [Steering] Amazon.com Interviewing in RTP]

[Tanner Lovelace]

Note that Amazon.com was last here about a year and a
half ago (July/August 2004) doing the exact same thing,
so they must think our area has some good talent. :-)
I wonder what it would take to get them to open a branch
office here.

Cheers,
Tanner

On 3/28/06, Jason Tower <jason at cerient.net> wrote:
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: RE: [Steering] Amazon.com Interviewing in RTP
> Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 11:02:38 -0800
> From: Kim, Yoonie <yoonie at amazon.com>
> To: Jason Tower <jason at cerient.net>, <steering at trilug.org>
>
>
> Amazon.com is sending hiring managers from our Search, Automated
> Advertising, and Landing Page Optimization Teams to interview candidates
> in Raleigh for Seattle-based opportunities.
>
> Did you know that Amazon.com has hundreds of software engineers working
> on some of the most interesting technical challenges on the planet?
> Amazon.com, headquartered in beautiful Seattle, is looking for
> exceptional software engineers to join its growing technology
> organization. Our engineering team works on tough technical problems
> that engage and stretch their brains. As an engineer here, you might
> build cutting edge product recommendation algorithms, scale and optimize
> our world class supply chain systems, or architect and build an
> end-to-end e-commerce platform that companies like Target use to run
> their online businesses. You'll work with smart, experienced teammates
> on a small cross-functional team. You'll join a scientific culture
> focused on achieving aggressive goals. And, you'll work on creating a
> world-class customer experience for the millions of people who use
> Amazon.com.
>
> Within our Search and Automated Advertising Teams, our brand-new Landing
> Page Optimization team seeks a few extraordinarily talented engineers to
> brainstorm, implement and maintain innovative features for Amazon's US
> and international web sites. This team, still in its formative stages,
> finds ways to optimize the "landing page," the first page served in any
> customer visit--which could be almost any page on the site, from a
> product detail page to a category page to a page of catalog search
> results. Projects will range from new customer-facing website features
> to back-end data mining systems. Developers on the team will have
> complete ownership of their projects, from initial conception through
> prototyping, design, implementation, and operations, and the impact of
> each project will be measured through a controlled statistical
> experiment--engineers will be able to quantify with confidence the
> effect of their work. Team members will have access to Amazon's
> massive data store of product and customer information and will seek
> innovative ways to use it to enhance the customer experience. Since the
> team is new, employees joining now will have the chance to help define
> the team itself: its mission, its scope, its problem space, and the
> kinds of solutions it implements. Like all of Amazon, the team
> environment is (a) entrepreneurial: new ideas are encouraged and valued;
> (b) data-driven: facts and figures win out over unsupported opinion
> every time; and (c) fast-paced: product cycles are short, development is
> done incrementally, and new features launch every month or less. And on
> top of that, it's just a lot of fun.
>
> Qualifications:
> Candidates must be extremely intelligent and competent programmers with
> at least a BS in computer science (or equivalent experience). Strong
> analytical and logical ability and excellent communication skills are
> also required. The ideal candidate will have a passion for the customer
> experience and high judgment about both product features and project
> schedules. No experience with any particular language or other
> technology is necessary, but we would expect any strong candidate to be
> proficient in at least one of C, C++, Java, or Perl. Expertise in
> statistics or distributed systems is a plus.
>
> If you're interested in interviewing with the Search, Automated
> Advertising, or Landing Page Optimization Teams while we're in Raleigh,
> please submit your resume, and a cover letter to yoonie at amazon.com
>
> Amazon.com
> Word hard. Have fun. Make history.
>
> Amazon.com, a Fortune 500 company based in Seattle, opened on the World
> Wide Web in July 1995 and is now the world's leading ecommerce
> technology company. Amazon.com seeks exceptionally well-qualified
> candidates and offers competitive compensation and benefits.
>
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