Software Development Engineer II, Alexa Personality Fundamentals - Amazon

Description As an Alexa Personality SDE, you will partner with applied scientists, voice designers, and quality assurance to ensure that Alexa can sing, joke, and delight our customers in every interaction. You will support Alexa's core personality infrastructure, and will be responsible for delivering new cross cutting personality and adaptivity capabilities. What's more, you'll have opportunities to dive deep into Large Language Model (LLM) and generative technologies, and find novel ways to weave them into our daily engineering, design, and science practices. About the team Alexa Personality Fundamentals is chartered with infusing Alexa's trustworthy, reliable, considerate, smart, and playful personality. Come join us in creating the future of personality forward AI here at Alexa. We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations: Irvine, CA, USA | 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.