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Software Development Engineer, Alexa International Tech

RoleEngineering
LevelMid Level
LocationBellevue, WA, United States
WorkOn-site
TypeFull-time
Posted4 days ago
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About the role

Alexa International is focused on leveraging modern technologies to create new product opportunities that deliver the future of voice-driven AI to our customers and partners. We are a team of builders that work passionately to apply breakthrough technologies to solve real-world challenges that will transform the Alexa experiences in ways we can't even imagine yet for our customers worldwide. You will be working with a unique and gifted team developing exciting products for consumers and collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams. You will have an enormous opportunity to make a large impact on the design, architecture, and implementation of products used every day, by people all over the world.

Key job responsibilities
As a software developer in Alexa International Tech team you can expect to:

  • Build low-latency services that is optimized for performance to meet the Alexa based customer interaction expectations.
  • Own full stack software development and contribute to all aspects of an agile software development lifecycle, including design, architecture, development, documentation, testing and operations.
  • Deal with ambiguity in solving a complex problem space that has not been tackled at this scale before.
  • Work with other engineering teams who are aligned towards the same goal with many opportunities for cross-team influence, architecture, and collaboration.
  • Be a key contributor in setting the teams technical direction, best practices, and plan for the years ahead

About the team
This team is a great fit for you if:

  • You enjoy working with a fun team that prides itself on a great work environment with an inclusive group of people that are working together towards a common goal.
  • You are sensitive to customer needs and interested in working on a service that will be used, directly and indirectly, by millions of customers and has a meaningful impact to their functions and interactions.
  • You are a passionate learner and are motivated to take on new challenges.

Basic Qualifications

  • 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, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

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. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including 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, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, WA, Bellevue - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually

Benefits and perks

Healthcare

401(k)

Equity

Paid Time Off

Parental Leave

Learning Budget

Mental Health Support

Required skills

Software engineering

Full stack development

Low-latency systems

Architecture

Testing

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