Software Development Engineer - Music Technology, Machine Learning in Berlin

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About Amazon Music

Amazon Music is an immersive audio entertainment service that deepens connections between fans, artists, and creators. From personalized music playlists to exclusive podcasts, concert livestreams to artist merch, Amazon Music is innovating at some of the most exciting intersections of music and culture. We offer experiences that serve all listeners with our different tiers of service: Prime members get access to all the music in shuffle mode, and top ad-free podcasts, included with their membership; customers can upgrade to Amazon Music Unlimited for unlimited, on-demand access to 100 million songs, including millions in HD, Ultra HD, and spatial audio; and anyone can listen for free by downloading the Amazon Music app or via Alexa-enabled devices. Join us for the opportunity to influence how Amazon Music engages fans, artists, and creators on a global scale.

Key job responsibilities

• Work backwards from our customers, translating complex functional and technical requirements into detailed software architecture and design
• Implement and deploy highly distributed, resilient and scaleable Tier-1 services
• Be hands-on and drive team-wide best practices for operation excellence
• Stay current on knowledge to keep pace with rapidly changing science and technology, and work with the team in bringing new technologies on board
• Jointly work across teams to influence the overall technical strategy of Amazon Music

About the team
As a member of Amazon Music ML, you will be responsible for leading the effort to invent and improve the ways that customers are engaged with recommendations in Amazon Music on all devices.
You will immerse yourself in a world where we work on classifying different forms of music, and create interactive experiences to help users discover the music they are in the mood for.
You will be part of a squad in Berlin that improves existing customer experiences and incubates radically new experiences that multiply the impact of our machine learning capabilities.
You will collaborate with scientists and backend engineers on algorithms to pick the perfect tracks, albums, playlist and stations to play, and build infinitely scalable data stores to help drive those experiences.
Our team is focused on building a personalized, curated, and seamless music experience. We want to help our customers discover up-and-coming artists, while also having access to their favorite established musicians. We build systems that are distributed on a large scale, spanning our music apps, web player, and voice-forward audio engagement on mobile and Amazon Echo devices, powered by Alexa to support our customer base. Amazon Music offerings are available in countries around the world, and our applications support our mission of delivering music to customers in new and exciting ways that enhance their day-to-day lives.