Software Development Engineer, Alexa Connected Devices

Description

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.

Key job 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

Basic Qualifications

• 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

Preferred Qualifications

• 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