Software Development Engineer, Alexa Connected Devices

Amazon • Sunnyvale, CA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Imagine building the intelligent bridge between millions of Alexa-enabled devices and Alexa Cloud — services that handle tens of billions of transactions per day, where every millisecond matters. Now imagine doing it at a moment when AI is fundamentally reshaping what that bridge can do. That's the opportunity waiting for you on the Alexa Connected Devices team! We are looking for a passionate engineer to work on the development of Tier-1 services for Alexa Cloud that power customer-facing experiences across domains — from audio and video to smart home, shopping, and beyond. You'll play a key role in integrating AI-driven capabilities into these experiences — from intelligent personalization and predictive interactions to AI-augmented development practices that accelerate how we build, test, and ship software.

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
• Experience with Machine Learning and Large Language Model fundamentals, including architecture, training/inference lifecycles, and optimization of model execution

Responsibilities

• Build low-latency, low-cost, highly reliable, and highly scalable connectivity services between Alexa-enabled devices and Alexa Cloud
• Design and integrate AI components into connectivity services, evaluating trade-offs across latency, cost, reliability, and accuracy
• Drive and lead software design, development standards, team processes, and code reviews
• Leverage AI-augmented development tools to accelerate design, coding, testing, and debugging workflows
• Deliver high-quality software through working in a dynamic, team-focused Agile/Scrum environment
• Contribute to the professional development of colleagues, improving their technical knowledge and engineering practices — including adoption of AI-first development practices
• Monitor and own the operational health of Tier-1 services processing tens of billions of transactions daily
• Design and build AI-powered, customer-facing features that span domains like smart home, audio, shopping, and more
• Collaborate with partner teams across Alexa — device engineers, ML scientists, and product managers — to deliver end-to-end experiences
• Use AI-augmented tools and practices to ship faster and raise the bar on engineering quality
• Mentor teammates and drive adoption of AI-first development across the team

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