Job Description
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language
You will be part of Alexa Echo Spatial Perception (ESP) team which comprises of software developers and directly interact with Principal and Sr. Engineers, Sr. Product Managers, Sr. Program Managers, Applied Scientists, and other leaders of Alexa org.
What's unique about Alexa ESP team is that - We delight the customer by selecting the best device to listen to when the customer speaks. We operate with a clear sense of Ownership and drive Device as well as multiple Cloud organizations to achieve the right experience for our customers.
Your role is to create innovative multi-device solutions, build and maintain large-scale cloud services, influence changes to multiple Alexa core systems, and participate in building long term vision for ESP. You'll measure your success by the quality of your deliverables, pace of innovation you help drive, and the impact you make for our customers.
Are you the person that can help in building next generation of mission critical frameworks and services that enable Alexa to go bigger? Are you ready to take on big challenges and make a difference at a company that matters? Do you want to make a large impact on the design and architecture of cutting edge products used every day, by people you know? If yes, we would love to talk to you.
Key job responsibilities
- Collaborate on or lead architecture, design and implementation with some of the best and brightest Software Engineers.
- Move fast to launch and iterate quickly.
- Build and expand an scalable API surface, spinning up new systems and services as necessary.
- Coach and mentor junior engineers on the team.
- Learn the dos and don’ts of designing, building, deploying, and running Software at the highest scale.
- Understand the clear business impact of your work.
Alexa ESP team is a small Agile family. This means you'll enjoy an outsized impact and the benefit of having many different responsibilities. All within a day, you'll gather requirements, dissambiguate and design complex features, collaborate with ML scientists, develop and work on new features, analyze stability of these features, request reproduction of a bug from QA, review a technical spec with the team, perform code reviews, prioritize incoming CS tickets, and collaborate with product on the feasibility of new customer experiences. Our engineers are owners and technical product specialists, in a truly fun and exceptionally high impact space.
About the team
This team built Alexa's Echo Spatial Perception (ESP) capability, which ensures only the device closest will respond to the customer. This role has direct impact on millions of Alexa customers and thousands of Alexa Skill developers worldwide.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Sunnyvale, CA, USA
- 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $115,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
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