Sr. Software Development Engineer, Alexa AI Developer Tech

Alexa is our next-generation assistant powered by generative AI. Alexa is more conversational smarter personalized and gets things done.

Our goal is make Alexa an instantly familiar personal assistant that is always ready to help or entertain on any device. At the core of this vision is Alexa AI Developer Tech a close-knit team thats dedicated to providing software developers with the tools primitives and services they need to easily create engaging customer experiences that expand the wealth of information products and services available on Alexa.

Interested in Alexa Ever wonder whats involved in enabling third-party partners to create experiences for Alexa Then come help us build the AI-native SDKs that partners use every day to expand Alexa capabilities!

You will join a growing organization working on top technology using Generative AI and have an enormous opportunity to make an impact on the design architecture and implementation of products used every day by people you know.

Were working hard having fun and making history; come join us!

Key job responsibilities
Responsibilities
- Responsible for the development and maintenance of key system features that support LLM based experiences.
- Will work with other team members to collabarte and align on design approaches prototype new technology and evaluate technical feasibility.
- Will work in an Agile/Scrum environment to deliver high quality software.
- Will establish architectural principles select design patterns and then mentor team members on their appropriate application
- Deep dive into the end-to-end system architecture and drive long-term alignment with partner teams.


A day in the life
A typical day will start with a morning huddle to catch up on what you and your team worked on the previous day. This is usually followed by some white-board design discussions on the problems the team is working on with afternoon mostly spent on project design and implementation work with a heavy dose of code reviews from and for your team along the way. We are a fun close knit team where everyone is ready to roll their sleeves and help each other out push boundaries and have fun doing it!

About the team
Alexa AI Developer Tech is an organization within Alexa on a mission to empower developers to create delightful and engaging experiences by making Alexa more natural accurate conversational and personalized.

- 5 years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 5 years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
- 5 years of leading design or architecture (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience as a mentor tech lead or leading an engineering team

- 5 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

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees supervisors and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees supervisors and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal state and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct adverse and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies exercise sound judgment effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism and safeguard business operations and the Companys reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $151300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $261500/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 This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.