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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: RE: [Steering] Amazon.com Interviewing in RTP > Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 11:02:38 -0800 > From: Kim, Yoonie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Jason Tower <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 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. > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > -- Tanner Lovelace clubjuggler at gmail dot com http://wtl.wayfarer.org/ (fieldless) In fess two roundels in pale, a billet fesswise and an increscent, all sable. -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
