Sr. Software Engineer, Alexa Endpoints
About The Position
We're building the next generation of the Alexa Mobile App and are looking for a Senior SDE to lead the design, architecture, and delivery of foundational Android platform capabilities. In this role, you won't just write features — you'll define the technical direction for how features get built. You'll own critical platform systems (build tooling, OS integration, performance infrastructure), drive architectural decisions across multiple teams, and raise the engineering bar through mechanisms, mentorship, and technical standards. You'll operate with significant autonomy, decompose complex problems into actionable plans, and influence roadmaps beyond your immediate team to ensure the platform scales with our device portfolio. You'll be part of the team that creates scalable solutions that make up the Mobile Architecture of the Alexa app. Our team provides the building blocks to effortlessly build scalable, secure, robust and performant code. We own developer productivity, Android OS integration, and foundational platform capabilities. Our mission is to make Alexa available anytime, anywhere. We're mobile experts who mentor and develop the best.
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
- 5+ years of Android development experience, or Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- Experience taking a leading role in building complex software or computing infrastructure that has been successfully delivered to customers
- Experience working in a fast-paced environment similar to a high-tech start-up
Responsibilities
- Own the technical vision and architecture for Android platform systems — build/test infrastructure, OS integration layers, and shared frameworks
- Lead design reviews, drive architectural decisions, and document trade-offs for systems that span multiple teams
- Mentor and raise the bar through code reviews, design guidance, and engineering standards
- Identify and resolve systemic technical debt, performance bottlenecks, and developer experience gaps proactively
- Partner with product, TPMs, and peer tech leads to align platform investments with device launch timelines
- Define and enforce engineering best practices: instrumentation, testing strategy, CI/CD pipeline health
- Deliver independently on ambiguous, multi-quarter initiatives with minimal direction
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
Senior
