Software Developer - Alexa Data Services Amazon
Medford, MA

Job Description

Amazon strives to be the world's most customer-centric company, where customers can research and purchase anything they might want online or offline. We set big goals and are looking for people who can help us reach and exceed them. Alexa is one of the most innovative product in Amazon which brings the magical experience of voice interaction to customers, and become a true personal assistant.

The Alexa Data Services team (ADS) is part of Amazon's speech platform organization that provides speech recognition capabilities for a variety of Amazon products and searches. ADS is a rapidly growing organization spread across different global regions, which enables Alexa Machine Learning teams to improvise their models. ADS Technology is engineering team solving unique challenges in data space for machine learning teams.

We are looking for passionate and talented Senior Software Engineers who have experience building innovative, mission critical, high volume system to delight customers and support ADS growth. You will be a senior technology leader of a high performing team of engineers with opportunity to affect the design, architecture, and implementation of systems. You will be a recognized role model for your technical abilities.

Responsibilities

* Investigate design approaches, prototype new technology, evaluate technical feasibility and find alternatives.
* Architect and assess technical solutions.
* Work in an Agile/Scrum environment to deliver high quality software against tight schedules.
* Interface with other engineers on and beyond the team to deliver scalable solutions.
* Establish architectural principles, select design patterns and then mentor team members on their appropriate application.