Software Development Engineer Alexa Communications

Alexa is the personal assistant and cloud service that powers the next generation of ambient computing devices devices designed around your voice. We believe voice is the most natural user interface for interacting with technology across many domains. At Alexa Communications we are inventing the future of global multimedia communications.

Its still Day One for the Alexa Communications team we have a lot to innovate and build to make communication through Alexa devices a magical experience. And now 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! The Alexa communications team is working to become the most natural way for people to communicate and the challenge ahead is significant. Were a high energy fast growth business excited to have the opportunity to define the future of voicecontrolled communications make Alexa even more useful and delight customers around the world.
This position is within Alexa Communications team which develops core software components for communication experiences across various platforms. In this role you will have the opportunity to work with domain experts and software engineers and deliver key Alexa Communications features and use cases.

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 will be successfully setting up the architecture foundation for the next phase of the product and beyond. A commitment to teamwork hustle and strong communication skills (to both business and technical partners) are absolute requirements. Creating a reliable scalable and highperformance service requires exceptional technical expertise a sound understanding of the fundamentals of Computer Science and practical experience building largescale distributed systems. Develop and maintain realtime communication features using SIP and WebRTC protocols for audio/video functionality. Develop mobile applications (iOS/Android) to enable seamless integration with Echo devices including call management messaging and live streaming capabilities.

You should enjoy working on complex system software is customercentric and feels strongly about building good software as well as making that software achieve its operational goals.


3 years of noninternship professional software development experience
2 years of noninternship design or architecture (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
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 and operations experience
Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on jobrelated knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity signon 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 This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.