Software Development Engineer, Alexa Connected Devices
About The Position
Alexa+ is Amazon's next-generation AI-powered personal assistant, built on large language models to deliver natural, conversational, and context-aware experiences for hundreds of millions of customers worldwide. We are building new services and experiences for Alexa+ customers from the ground up, and we're looking for experienced, generative AI-savvy Software Development Engineers to join us. In this role, you will design, build, and operate Tier-1 cloud services that enable real-time experiences with hundreds of millions of devices and customers. You'll partner with engineers across Alexa+ to tackle complex technical challenges, drive innovation, and deliver experiences that redefine what a personal assistant can do.
Requirements
- 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
- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language
Nice To Haves
- 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
Responsibilities
- Design and implement highly available, scalable cloud services in Rust and Java
- Build and operate Tier-1 services at massive scale
- Solve novel and complex distributed systems challenges — from low-latency communication to fault-tolerant architectures
- Leverage generative AI extensively in your day-to-day development workflow to accelerate delivery and improve code quality
- Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams across Alexa+ to define technical direction and deliver customer-facing features
- Contribute to a culture of operational excellence, including on-call support, monitoring, and continuous improvement
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
- sign-on payments
- restricted stock units (RSUs)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
