Software Dev Engineer II, Alexa AI - Personalization and Delivery Experiences

Interested in Amazon Alexa, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence? We’re building the runtime services that power state of the art Amazon Alexa. Come join us!

The Alexa AI org in India is seeking a talented, self-directed Software Development Engineer to help us pioneering new machine learning tools and processes through an iterative research and development cycle. You will build scalable, self-serve applications for use across the Alexa, Customer & Technology organization. You will have significant influence on our overall strategy as you work with a small team of subject matter experts and engineers to define features, system architecture and best practices. You will work with the other engineers on the team to execute our technical vision and create a world class product.

Creating reliable, scalable, and high performance products requires exceptional technical expertise, a sound understanding of the fundamentals of Computer Science, and practical experience building large-scale distributed systems. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter who can dive into a project with limited guidance and is able to design and implement inventive, simple solutions to complex problems. They will be passionate about new technologies and have a track record of delivering valuable software features and products in a fast-paced, highly iterative environment. A commitment to team work, hustle, and strong communication skills (to both business and technical partners) are absolute requirements.

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

- Experience building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers

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