Software Development Engineer III, Alexa Connected Devices

About the role

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!

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

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

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Skills

• Experience with full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
• Experience with AI and machine learning technologies
• Experience with cloud computing and distributed systems
• Experience with agile methodologies and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD)

Benefits

The base salary range for this position is listed below. 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.

• USA, CA, Sunnyvale - $193,300.00 - $261,500.00 USD annually