Software Development Engineer, Alexa+ AI Agent, ACT
Software Development Engineer, Alexa+ AI Agent, ACT
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Alexa: An AI assistant that gets things doneshes smarter more conversational and more capable.
With hundreds of millions Alexa devices now out in the world the latest advancements in generative AI have unlocked new possibilitiesenabling us to re imagine the experience in our pursuit of making customers lives better and easier every day.
Prompt engineering and LLM orchestration form the critical backbone of Alexa by serving as the interface between user request and LLM processing guiding AI systems to provide contextually relevant accurate and coherent responses. The quality of this engineering directly impacts the assistants ability to understand context maintain conversation flow and generate appropriate responses.
As a Software Development Engineer on the Alexa AI Agent team youll be at the forefront of revolutionizing how millions of users interact with AI through natural conversation. Youll architect and develop sophisticated prompt engineering systems and LLM orchestration frameworks that form the backbone of Alexas conversational intelligence. This role offers the unique opportunity to solve complex challenges in context management conversation flow and dynamic prompt generation while working with state-of-the-art LLMs. Youll collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement scalable solutions that optimize LLM interactions reduce latency and enhance response quality.
Key job responsibilities
You will help tackle a variety of technical challenges and mentor other engineers. Youll design plan engineer test release and support critical software systems often dealing with novel situations and advanced AI technologies. The ideal candidate should have strong experience in distributed systems demonstrated expertise in building scalable APIs and a passion for pushing the boundaries of whats possible in conversational AI. You should be comfortable with a high degree of ambiguity and relish solving problems that havent been addressed at scale before. Along the way we guarantee that youll learn extensively enjoy your work and make a positive impact on millions of people.
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!
- 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
- 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
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process including support for the interview or onboarding process please visit for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt listed please contact your Recruiting Partner.
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 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.
With hundreds of millions Alexa devices now out in the world the latest advancements in generative AI have unlocked new possibilitiesenabling us to re imagine the experience in our pursuit of making customers lives better and easier every day.
Prompt engineering and LLM orchestration form the critical backbone of Alexa by serving as the interface between user request and LLM processing guiding AI systems to provide contextually relevant accurate and coherent responses. The quality of this engineering directly impacts the assistants ability to understand context maintain conversation flow and generate appropriate responses.
As a Software Development Engineer on the Alexa AI Agent team youll be at the forefront of revolutionizing how millions of users interact with AI through natural conversation. Youll architect and develop sophisticated prompt engineering systems and LLM orchestration frameworks that form the backbone of Alexas conversational intelligence. This role offers the unique opportunity to solve complex challenges in context management conversation flow and dynamic prompt generation while working with state-of-the-art LLMs. Youll collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement scalable solutions that optimize LLM interactions reduce latency and enhance response quality.
Key job responsibilities
You will help tackle a variety of technical challenges and mentor other engineers. Youll design plan engineer test release and support critical software systems often dealing with novel situations and advanced AI technologies. The ideal candidate should have strong experience in distributed systems demonstrated expertise in building scalable APIs and a passion for pushing the boundaries of whats possible in conversational AI. You should be comfortable with a high degree of ambiguity and relish solving problems that havent been addressed at scale before. Along the way we guarantee that youll learn extensively enjoy your work and make a positive impact on millions of people.
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!
- 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
- 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
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process including support for the interview or onboarding process please visit for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt listed please contact your Recruiting Partner.
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 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.
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