Software Dev Engineer - Test, Amazon Kids+

Amazon • Seattle, WA

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About The Position

Join a team on a mission to make Kids+ every child's favorite destination to
independently create, explore, and learn — and give parents the confidence to
let them. As an SDET on the Kids+ Child-First Experiences team, you'll be the
guardian for voice-first and cross-surface experiences that millions of kids
ages 3–12 interact with every day, from AI-powered storytelling adventures to
conversational content discovery powered by Alexa.

In this role, you'll be the technical anchor for ensuring premium,
subscription-defining experiences deliver flawlessly across Echo devices,
FireTV, and Tablet — experiences compelling enough to make Kids+ a must-have for
tens of millions of families worldwide. You'll design and implement tools for
child-adapted UIs and voice interactions, navigating the unique intersection of
delight and compliance in child-directed design while building intelligent test
automation that scales across our organization.

Requirements

• 3+ years of test automation frameworks and tools building experience
• Experience designing or supporting low-maintenance automation frameworks
• Experience debugging, diagnosing, and troubleshooting complex, production software issues
• Experience with at least one modern language such as Java, Python, C++, or C# including object-oriented design

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of overall system architecture, scalability, reliability, and performance in a database environment
• Experience working with Data & AI related technologies, including, but not limited to, AI/ML, GenAI, Analytics, Database, and/or Storage
• Experience programmatically testing products, measuring test coverage, developing the best automation, driving testability and diagnostic

Responsibilities

• Design and implement comprehensive test automation frameworks for voice-first (VUI) and cross-surface (GUI/native/web) experiences for features like Stories with Alexa and Create Your Own Adventure, leveraging AI and LLM-based frameworks to build intelligent evaluation systems
• Lead cross-stack quality validation across device, app, and server-driven CX implementations — making smart tradeoffs that balance child experience, legal constraints, and platform capabilities while ensuring quality at every step of the CI/CD pipeline
• Partner across Amazon Kids and Alexa Kids groups to establish quality standards for flagship integrations and conversational content discovery mechanisms, creating reusable testing frameworks and self-service tooling that enable development teams to move faster
• Scale the high bar for quality execution across the Kids engineering organization, mentoring teams on child-adaptation testing best practices, establishing SLAs and unit test coverage goals, and fostering a quality-first mindset throughout the organization

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
• Education Level: No Education Listed