Software Engineer II, Alexa Communications
DESCRIPTION
Are you ready to shape the future of voice-driven communication with Alexa?
At Alexa Comms, we are pioneering the future of global, multimedia communications. You can send a message, make a call, play announcements, or drop in on your closest friends & family via Alexa devices or the Alexa app! We are tackling everything from sophisticated algorithms to large-scale systems. Our work directly impacts millions of Alexa users worldwide, and we're at the forefront of integrating LLMs to create more natural voice experiences
We're a high energy, fast growth business, excited to have the opportunity to define the future of voice-controlled communications, make Alexa even more useful and delight customers around the world.
Key job responsibilities
As a key member of the engineering team, you will have influence on our product and technology strategy by helping define the product features, refine system architecture, and spearhead best practices that enable a quality product. You'll collaborate across teams to solve technical challenges that span the Alexa ecosystem.
A commitment to teamwork, hustle, and strong communication skills (to both business and technical partners) are absolute requirements. Creating a reliable, scalable, and high-performance service requires exceptional technical expertise, a sound understanding of the fundamentals of Computer Science, and practical experience building large-scale distributed systems.
You should enjoy working on complex system software, is customer-centric, and feels strongly about building good software as well as making that software achieve its operational goals.
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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