Sr. Software Engineer, FireTV Voice

Join Amazon Lab126s FireTV voice team and shape the future of how millions of people interact with their entertainment. Youll design and build innovative voice features that solve real problems for consumers working on mission-critical software that directly impacts the user experience across our FireTV ecosystem.

Key job responsibilities
- Design develop and maintain core features for FireTVs voice experience ensuring high quality and reliability across millions of devices
- Collaborate with team members to investigate technical approaches prototype new capabilities and assess feasibility of innovative solutions
- Contribute to the architecture and design of new systems and improvements to existing infrastructure
- Participate in code reviews testing and deployment processes to maintain software quality standards
- Work with cross-functional teams to understand requirements troubleshoot issues and iterate on solutions based on user feedback

A day in the life
As a Senior Software Development Engineer on the FireTV voice team youll focus on developing and enhancing voice interaction features that bring Alexa to life on FireTV devices. Your day might include collaborating with cross-functional partners to evaluate new technical approaches prototyping solutions to complex voice experience challenges and contributing to the architecture of systems that serve millions of users. Youll participate in design reviews write and review code with your teammates and help troubleshoot issues that arise in production environments. Beyond your core development work youll mentor junior engineers share your technical insights during team discussions and contribute to our continuous improvement processes.

About the team
We are a collaborative group of engineers passionate about creating seamless voice experiences for FireTV users worldwide. Our team values thoughtful problem-solving open communication and shared ownership of our products. Were building the next generation of voice interaction capabilities and were looking for someone who wants to grow with us while helping us achieve that vision. Youll work alongside engineers designers and product managers who are committed to understanding our customers needs and delivering solutions that exceed their expectations. Together were focused on making voice the most natural and intuitive way to control entertainment.

- 5 years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 5 years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
- 4 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
- Knowledge of computer architecture operating systems and parallel computing
- Knowledge of Python and/or C programming

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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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at CA Sunnyvale - 193300.00 - 261500.00 USD annually