Software Development Engineer, Alexa Smart Home - Amazon

Description Are you a Software Development Engineer with a passion for building great high quality experiences? Are you looking for an opportunity to make a big impact in a company with a global impact and a startup culture? Customers love using Alexa to interact with their homes through natural commands and intuitive interfaces. Ambient Experience and Automations in Smart Home is reinventing the way Alexa proactively takes on the tasks of the home through automations. Like a trusted companion, Alexa knows how to tailor the environment for you and predicts what you need next. With the ability to communicate conversationally and learn from signals in the home, Alexa can understand your preferences so that Alexa can take on tasks in the future and only needs to alert you when something looks off. We are gearing up to launch new products, devices, and features that just may change how people view what Alexa means in their life. Who you are: You are an experienced Software Development Engineer, who is passionate about Smart Home and has a track record of success in delivering the highest quality IoT products. You have a commitment to teamwork, knowledge of IoT systems, strong CS fundamentals, experience build high-performance, highly-available, scalable systems, and strong communication skills (to both business and technical partners). You love working with engineering teams to build high quality software that just works. It makes people say "wow, that is amazing" and "I did not know you could do that". You love working with a smart, talented team because you know that makes you better. You love solving complex problems with simple code. What you will do here: You will be a technical lead on our most demanding, cross-functional projects. You will ensure quality of architecture and design of systems. Functionally decompose complex problems into simple, straight-forward solutions. Assist in the career development of others, actively mentoring individuals and the community on advanced technical issues and helping managers guide the career growth of their team members. You are a person that has thrived and succeeded in delivering high quality technology products/services in a hyper-growth environment where priorities shift fast. You exert technical influence on the core platform teams, increasing their productivity and effectiveness by sharing your knowledge and experience. What you will get from us: A great team to work with and the chance to build top tier devices and experiences at a proven top tier company. You will get a startup like culture with the stability of an established industry leader. You will get support and resources from some of the smartest people in the industry to continue learning. You will build software that will materially improve people's lives. You should be here. Come join us now! Key job responsibilities - Collaborate with experienced cross-disciplinary Amazonians to conceive, design, and bring innovative products and services to market. - Design and build innovative technologies in a large distributed computing environment and help lead fundamental changes in the industry. - Create solutions to run predictions on distributed systems with exposure to innovative technologies at incredible scale and speed. - Build distributed storage, index, and query systems that are scalable, fault-tolerant, low cost, and easy to manage/use. - Design and code the right solutions starting with broadly defined problems. - Work in an agile environment to deliver high-quality software. A day in the life You will collaborate with other SDEs to build new architectures for Smart Home devices, and leverage the latest AWS technologies to build services to support them. You will functionally decompose complex problems into simple, straight-forward solutions. You are a person that has thrived and succeeded in delivering high quality technology products/services in a hyper-growth environment where priorities shift fast. You will be empowered to build out the future of smart home devices. About the team We operate as an autonomous and self organizing team. We advocate for our customers first in every aspect of our work, and make time to know and understand our customers. We make customer privacy and trust a primary concern in every decision. We build towards the right long term solution, and seek to eliminate tech debt. We seek to continuously improve, and will take action every sprint to improve. As a team, we embrace our diversity and foster an inclusive environment where we can all grow together. We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations: Seattle, WA, USA 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 Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us. Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $115,000/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.