Software Dev Engineer III, Alexa AI

Amazon • Boston, MA

3d

About The Position

Interested in Amazon Alexa, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence? We’re
building the speech and language solutions behind Amazon Alexa. Come join us!

The Alexa AI org is seeking a talented, self-directed Senior Software
Development Engineer to tackle some of the most interesting problems on the
leading edge of language solutions and machine learning (ML) within our Alexa
Artificial Intelligence (AI) org. You will help us in pioneering new machine
learning tools and processes through an iterative research and development
cycle. You will build scalable, self-serve applications for use across the Alexa
AI organization. You will have significant influence on our overall strategy as
you work with a small team of subject matter experts and engineers to define
features, system architecture, best practices. You will work with Engineers and
Scientists on the team to execute our technical vision and create world class
products.

Requirements

• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
• 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team

Nice To Haves

• 5+ 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

Responsibilities

• You will lead the design, development, testing and deployment of cross team projects, meet with stakeholders, drive execution, and mentor junior engineers.
• You will be an independent technical leader, capable of working on your own and guiding team members to navigate complex problems.
• In this role, you will lead and architect cloud services which will streamline connectivity between Alexa-enabled devices and Alexa Cloud.
• You will influence architecture across the Alexa ecosystem and play a pivotal role in designing the future of Alexa.
• You will lead projects to streamline team processes and create mechanisms to effectively deliver projects
• You will be the technical leader responsible for service design, development, and operations.
• You will brainstorm new ideas and work on forward looking architectures and design with Principal Engineers and other Senior Engineers.
• You will architect, analyze, design, develop, test, and deploy software features and fix defects.
• You will participate in sprint planning and daily scrum, break down technical work, identify technical blockers, and navigate solutions.
• You will mentor team members.
• You will partner with your managers, other technical leaders across the org to achieve a desired technical consensus.
• You will author docs to communicate vision, proposals and designs.

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level