Amazon.com, Inc today announced that it will open a software development centre in Chennai, India. The purpose is to develop new and innovative web site features to help Amazon’s customers around the world find and discover anything they want to buy online.

This centre from Chennai will manage all technology aspects of a web site starting with idea generation, analysis and technical design, as well as front, middle and back-tier software development across a variety of architectures and technologies.

Of course there is a need for professionals to accomplish this plan so, Amazon is looking for exceptional computer scientists and software engineers with entrepreneurial spirit to join the new team. Amazon employees from both the United States and India will interview candidates for positions at the new center beginning November 14 in Chennai.

Amazon Development Centre in Chennai needs professionals with more than three years of industry experience in C++ or Java who are ready for a bigger and more challenging role. Backgrounds in distributed system architecture, large-scale web sites, machine learning, statistics or human / computer interface will be of benefit. Candidates should have experience designing and building complex yet maintainable systems, and should be able to do so in about one-third the time most competent people think possible. Successful candidates will receive meaningful equity compensation. Specific jobs available now include Operations Manager, Software Developer, IT Manager, and Manager of Office and Facilities.

Amazon.com also has other development centres in Edinburgh - Scotland, Cape Town - South Africa and Bangalore - India. This is the fourth. If you are interested you can go here for more details.