Software Development Engineer, Alexa Connected Devices
Amazon.com Services LLC•4h ago
United StatesOnsite$143.7K–$194.4KFull-timeMid Level3+ yrs exp
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Software EngineerSoftware Engineer IiSenior Software Engineer
- Alexa+ is Amazon's next-generation AI-powered personal assistant, built on large language models to deliver natural, conversational, and context-aware experiences for hundreds of millions of customers worldwide. We are building new services and experiences for Alexa+ customers from the ground up, and we're looking for experienced, generative AI-savvy Software Development Engineers to join us. In this role, you will design, build, and operate Tier-1 cloud services that enable real-time experiences with hundreds of millions of devices and customers. You'll partner with engineers across Alexa+ to tackle complex technical challenges, drive innovation, and deliver experiences that redefine what a personal assistant can do. Why You'll Love It Here - Unprecedented technical challenges: You'll work on problems at a scale and complexity few teams encounter. We don't just build AI products
- we use generative AI extensively in our own engineering practices, keeping you at the forefront of the field. - Motivated, collaborative team: Join a team of passionate engineers who support each other, share knowledge freely, and celebrate wins together. - Greenfield opportunity: We're building from the ground up, giving you the chance to shape architecture, tooling, and culture from day one. - World-changing impact: Your work will directly shape how hundreds of millions of customers interact with their personal assistant every day. Key job responsibilities - Design and implement highly available, scalable cloud services in Rust and Java - Build and operate Tier-1 services at massive scale - Solve novel and complex distributed systems challenges — from low-latency communication to fault-tolerant architectures - Leverage generative AI extensively in your day-to-day development workflow to accelerate delivery and improve code quality - Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams across Alexa+ to define technical direction and deliver customer-facing features - Contribute to a culture of operational excellence, including on-call support, monitoring, and continuous improvement
- 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 - Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics
- a related field - Experience programming with at least one software programming language
- 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing
- operations experience - Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability
- other legally protected status. Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner. The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications
- location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off
- parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits . USA, WA, Seattle - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually
Required skills
RustJavacloud servicesdistributed systemsgenerative AI