Software Development Engineer, Alexa Communications

Are you ready to be at the forefront of Agentic AI innovation and redefine the future of communication? Join our dynamic Alexa Connections team as a Software Development Engineer, and lead futuristic initiatives that will shape the next generation of intelligent, conversational experiences. In this role, you'll work at the intersection of disruptive AI technologies and real-world impact, making a difference for millions of customers. You'll collaborate with a team of passionate professionals who are as excited about innovation as you are, and together, you'll push the boundaries of what's possible with Alexa+.

About the role

As a Software Development Engineer, you'll drive the development of next-generation communication features powered by advanced AI technologies, including AI Agents and Real-time AI. You'll work closely with cross-functional teams, including product management, design, and data science, to design and deliver innovative solutions that leverage these AI technologies to enable seamless, intelligent communication experiences. You'll also lead the integration of these advanced AI systems into Alexa's core capabilities, ensuring a seamless and intuitive user experience.

It’s still Day One for the Alexa Communications team – we have a lot to innovate and build to make communication through Alexa devices a magical experience. The team is working to become the most natural way for people to communicate, defining the future of voice-controlled communications, making Alexa even more useful, and delighting customers around the world.

This position is within the Alexa Communications team, which develops core software components for communication experiences across various platforms. You will have the opportunity to work with domain experts and software engineers to deliver key Alexa Communications features and use cases.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with product and design teams to influence overall product strategy
• Investigate design approaches, prototype new technologies, and evaluate technical feasibility
• Build highly scalable, reliable, and available distributed services leveraging AWS Cloud
• Contribute to operational excellence, constructively identifying problems and proposing solutions
• Write clean, maintainable code and perform peer code-reviews
• Work in an Agile/Scrum environment to deliver high-quality software
• Find new ways to solve challenging problems every day
• Build agentic APIs to deliver low-latency, low-cost, highly reliable, and scalable cloud services and device software solutions

About the team

Alexa Connections aspires to make Alexa+ the world’s most trusted connection assistant for getting things done and creating moments of joy. Our vision emphasizes:

• Trust as our foundation for becoming a daily habit, knowing our customers have plentiful choices
• Completion of end-to-end customer journeys, beyond shipping features
• Joy through personalized, proactive experiences that create a memory

Requirements

• 5+ 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
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years of full software development life cycle experience, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Pay

USA, CA, Sunnyvale - $165,200.00 - $223,600.00 USD annually. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location.

Benefits

• Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance, and option for Supplemental life plans)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Mental Health Support
• Medical Advice Line
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
• 401(k) matching
• Paid time off
• Parental leave

Learn more about our benefits at amazon.jobs/en/benefits.