Senior Software Development Engineer, Alexa Connected Devices Amazon
Seattle, WA

Job Description

The Alexa Connected Devices team builds device application APIs in the cloud for Alexa. Our device application APIs provide internal and third-party application developers building voice experiences, mobile applications, and multimodal devices with an API surface to discover, manage, control, or query any device connected to Amazon.

We are seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer to design and deliver highly-visible core systems that support all device application APIs. These systems are the underlying foundation to upcoming and future innovation.

Some info about this opportunity and our team:

* The changes we make directly impact the customer experience usage of all Alexa connected devices.
* This is a highly visible role, operating with many technical leaders and product managers across Alexa - with stakeholders at all levels of the organization, including senior leadership.
* This is a great position for someone who likes backend development, Amazon Web Services, and Service-Oriented Architecture.
* You will design new innovative solutions for our platform to meet connected devices requirements based on Service-Oriented Architecture, that has an impact on customers and developers.
* We're looking for candidates that have acted as a lead developer and built high-performance, scalable and robust systems in a complex, multi-tiered, distributed environment.

The Senior Software Development Engineer will:

* Solve complex architecture and business problems in an extensible and simplified way
* Define and influence technical strategy and software architecture
* Innovate on and expand distributed systems
* Apply core software engineering skills daily - such as coding in Java, OO and systems design, and problem solving - while utilizing advanced algorithmic and analytical skills
* Be involved in a multitude of diverse technologies and software engineering models that are used in Service Oriented Architecture
* Mentor other developers on the team or across teams

The ideal candidate has a track record of launching projects with Java/C#, C++, Perl, and distributed computing technologies on a Linux platform.