Software Development Engineer Amazon
Bellevue, WA

Job Description

Alexa is the cloud-based voice service from Amazon that is making smart home simple through voice. The Alexa Smart Home mobile and website experiences are essential companions for Echo devices. Together, they allow customers to interact directly with the connected home, controlling lighting and temperature today and enabling home automation experiences that customers have never dreamed of before.

Responsibilities:

* Think big, bringing fresh ideas and interactions that make Alexa skills development easy and intuitive
* You take a long-term view of architecture, proactively fixing deficiencies and/or proposing larger projects.
* You understand the business impact of your systems and show good judgment when making technical trade-offs.
* You are a key influencer in team strategy.
* You bring perspective and provide context to guide future technology choices.
* Your code submissions and approach to work are exemplary. You write software that is easy for others to contribute to.
* You drive engineering best practices (e.g., Operational Excellence, Security, Quality, etc.) and set standards.
* When confronted with discordant views, you are able to find the best way forward and influence others to follow that path (build consensus).
* You contribute to the professional development of colleagues, improving their technical knowledge and engineering practices.
* You ensure your team is stronger because of your presence, but does not require your presence to be successful