Software Development Engineer, Smart Home Cameras
DESCRIPTION
The Alexa Smart Home Cameras team is seeking an experienced software development engineer. The ideal candidate is an innovative self-starter who is looking for an opportunity to be both an individual contributor and technical lead.
Alexa Smart Home Cameras team enables Alexa with a sense of sight around customers homes with innovative experiences like “Alexa, show the front door” or other ambient features like automatic announcements with a live view of cameras where interesting events (person/package/doorbell) were detected. We provide a suite of APIs for 1P (Ring, Blink) and 3P partners to integrate with and enable these capabilities for their cameras. We achieve this by developing technology across Computer Vision, media streaming, real-time communication, and the Alexa app. Our customers are end-consumers who want to use Alexa-enabled devices to simplify their experiences with their smart home cameras and doorbells, as well as the developers that make the devices, like Ring, Arlo, Nest, and Wyze.
Key job responsibilities
As a Software Development Engineer on the Cameras team, you will lead the technical aspects of core Cameras backend services that power the customer experience on Echo, FireTV devices, Alexa App and engage with experienced cross-disciplinary teams to design implement and bring to market innovative products and features. You must be responsive, flexible and able to succeed within an open collaborative peer environment.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.