SDE II- Alexa AI- Seattle Amazon
Seattle, WA

Job Description

Interested in Machine Learning? How about Amazon Echo, Speech and Language Understanding? Or Ontologies and Knowledge Graphs? We're building the Alexa machine learning platform that brings customers an ever smarter Alexa on Echo, Fire TV, Fire tablets, and a growing number of partner devices from the likes of GE, Ford, Logitech, and ecobee. We're working hard, having fun, and making history! Come join us!

As a software engineer, you will work with your team to design, develop, and launch core product features. You will help define our software strategy and system architecture, and drive engineering and operational practices that enable a quality product. You will work across teams and disciplines including product managers, language engineers, and data scientists.

The ideal candidate is clearly passionate about new opportunities and has a demonstrable track record of success in delivering new features and products. A commitment to team work, hustle, and strong communication skills (to both business and technical partners) are absolute requirements. Creating reliable, scalable, and high performance products requires exceptional technical expertise, a sound understanding of the fundamentals of Computer Science, and practical experience building large-scale distributed systems. This person has thrived and succeeded in delivering high quality technology products/services in a hyper-growth environment where priorities shift fast.