Sr. Software Development Engineer, Alexa Connections

Are you ready to be at the forefront of Agentic AI innovation and redefine the future of communication Join our dynamic Alexa Connections team as a Sr. Software Development Engineer and lead futuristic initiatives that will shape the next generation of intelligent conversational this role youll work at the intersection of disruptive AI technologies and real-world impact making a difference for millions of customers. Youll collaborate with a team of passionate professionals who are as excited about innovation as you are and together youll push the boundaries of whats possible with Alexa.

As a Sr. SDE youll drive the development of next-generation communication features powered by advanced AI technologies including Generative Agentic and Real-time AI. Youll work closely with cross-functional teams including product management design and data science to design and deliver innovative solutions that leverage these AI technologies to enable seamless intelligent communication experiences. Youll also lead the integration of these advanced AI systems into Alexas core capabilities ensuring a seamless and intuitive user experience.

Key job responsibilities
- Influence product and technology strategy by helping define the product features refine system architecture and spearhead Agentic AI and LLM best practices that enable a quality product.
- Build agentic APIs to deliver a low latency low cost highly reliable and high scalable cloud services and device software solutions.
- Drive and lead software design development standards team processes and code reviews.
- Optimize software libraries for low latency CPU and memory footprint.
- Deliver high-quality software through working in a dynamic team-focused Agile/Scrum environment
- Contributing to the professional development of colleagues improving their technical knowledge and engineering practices.

About the team
Alexa Connections aspires to make Alexa the worlds most trusted connection assistant for getting things done and creating moments of joy. Our vision emphasizes a) Trust as our foundation for becoming a daily habit knowing our customers have plentiful choices b) Completion of end-to-end customer journeys beyond shipping features and c) Joy through personalized proactive experiences that create a memory.

- 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

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The base salary for this position ranges from $150700/year up to $251700/year. Salary is based on a number of factors 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. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.