Sr SDE, Amazon Kids+, Child First Experiences

Amazon • Seattle, WA

1d

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 a Sr SDE on the Kids+ Child-First Experiences team, you'll shape
the 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 building premium,
subscription-defining experiences that span Echo devices, tablets, and web —
experiences compelling enough to make Kids+ a must-have for tens of millions of
families worldwide. You'll drive the architecture and delivery of child-adapted
UIs and voice interactions, navigate the unique intersection of delight and
compliance in child-directed design.

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
• 4+ years of mass-market consumer web / mobile products experience
• Experience building scalable, distributed, front-end experiences
• Experience designing mobile web or on-device mobile applications
• Experience with voice interface, natural language or multimodal design
• 5+ years of end to end product delivery experience
• Experience managing full application stacks from the OS up through custom applications, or experience that includes strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities
• Experience using data to influence business decisions
• Experience participating in or leading technical collaborations and creating alignment across diverse groups (e.g., hardware engineering, software engineering, program management)
• Experience mentoring or training the engineering community on complex technical issues
• Experience building or integrating with third-party skill or content platforms in a voice-first context
• Experience building products for children or other regulated audiences, with an understanding of the design, legal, and compliance considerations involved (e.g., COPPA, age-appropriate UI patterns, parental controls)
• Demonstrated ability to balance user delight with safety and trust requirements in product design and implementation

Responsibilities

• Own and innovate on voice-first (VUI) and cross-surface (GUI/native/web) experiences for features like Stories with Alexa and Create Your Own Adventure
• Lead cross-stack delivery across device, app, and server-driven CX implementations — making smart tradeoffs that balance child experience, legal constraints, and platform capabilities
• Partner across Amazon Kids and Alexa Kids groups to build flagship integrations and conversational content discovery mechanisms
• Scale the high bar for CX execution across the Kids engineering organization, mentoring teams on child-adaptation best practices

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