Job Description :

Join the team as a Senior Software Development Engineer that brought you the Amazon Echo devices – Echo, Echo Dot, Echo Plus, an Alexa device that supports voice calling, music, weather, and more. The Alexa Device Software team works on not only the Echo devices but other high-profile consumer electronics groundbreaking devices like Fire tablets, Fire TV, and Kindle devices. We’re just getting started, and we’d love to have you join us to bring innovative experiences to millions of customers.

We are looking for a passionate, hard-working, and talented Senior Software Development Engineer for the Alexa Echo Device Software team who has experience building innovative, mission critical software features. You will have an enormous opportunity to make a large impact on the design, architecture, and development of consumer products and features.

You don’t need any experience in those specific technologies, just an enthusiasm to build cutting-edge software particularly around user interfaces, cross-device APIs, or cloud-based services.

Roles :

• Invent a novel delightful Android-based experience for our customers.
• Assist with the Architecture and Design of new and current systems
• Collaborate with UX and Product owners to define the customer experience and product direction.
• Deliver high-quality software through working in a dynamic, team-focused Agile/Scrum environment.

Basic Qualifications :

• 4+ years of professional software development experience.
• 3+ years of programming experience with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design.
• 2+ years of experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and current systems.
• BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent.
• 10+ years of industry experience in building embedded consumer products.
• 10+ years of programming experience in Java or C++; in Linux, Windows, and/or Mac environment.
• 10+ years of experience working with CS fundamentals including algorithms, runtime analysis, OO design, code. 

Skills :

The Alexa Echo device software team is hiring software development engineers to deliver new features on this already highly coveted platform, as well as any potential future platforms. Help build features that push the limits of the platform’s capabilities in offline scenarios. Leverage these features to enhance the performance of the platform overall! In particular, we are looking for people who have:

• Passion for inventing new product designs and technical solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to drive and articulate technical challenges and solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to create advanced architectures and sustainable solutions.
• Experience collaborating with UX, Product, and non-technical partners.
• Familiarity with working in an Agile environment.
• Programming experience on mobile platforms, preferably Android.
• Graduate degree.

About Us:

Amazon is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking. We are driven by the excitement of building technologies, inventing products, and providing services that change lives. Amazon embraces new ways of doing things, make decisions quickly, and are not afraid to fail. We have the scope and capabilities of a large company and the spirit and heart of a small one.

Together, Amazonians research and develop new technologies from Amazon Web Services to Alexa on behalf of our customers: shoppers, sellers, content creators, and developers around the world.

Our mission is to be Earth’s most customer-centric company. Our actions, goals, projects, programs, and inventions begin and end with the customer’s top of mind.

You’ll also hear us say that at Amazon, it’s always “Day 1.”​ What do we mean? That our approach remains the same as it was on Amazon’s very first day – to make smart, fast decisions, stay nimble, invent, and focus on delighting our customers.