Software Dev Engineer III, Alexa AI

Interested in Amazon Alexa Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Were building the speech and language solutions behind Amazon Alexa. Come join us!

The Alexa AI org is seeking a talented self-directed Senior Software Development Engineer to tackle some of the most interesting problems on the leading edge of language solutions and machine learning (ML) within our Alexa Artificial Intelligence (AI) org. You will help us in pioneering new machine learning tools and processes through an iterative research and development cycle. You will build scalable self-serve applications for use across the Alexa AI organization. You will have significant influence on our overall strategy as you work with a small team of subject matter experts and engineers to define features system architecture best practices. You will work with Engineers and Scientists on the team to execute our technical vision and create world class products.



Key job responsibilities
You will lead the design development testing and deployment of cross team projects meet with stakeholders drive execution and mentor junior engineers. You will be an independent technical leader capable of working on your own and guiding team members to navigate complex this role you will lead and architect cloud services which will streamline connectivity between Alexa-enabled devices and Alexa Cloud. You will influence architecture across the Alexa ecosystem and play a pivotal role in designing the future of Alexa. You will lead projects to streamline team processes and create mechanisms to effectively deliver projects

A day in the life
You will be the technical leader responsible for service design development and operations. You will brainstorm new ideas and work on forward looking architectures and design with Principal Engineers and other Senior Engineers. You will architect analyze design develop test and deploy software features and fix defects. You will participate in sprint planning and daily scrum break down technical work identify technical blockers and navigate solutions. You will mentor team members. You will partner with your managers other technical leaders across the org to achieve a desired technical consensus. You will author docs to communicate vision proposals and designs.

- 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 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 MA Boston - 168100.00 - 227400.00 USD annually