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Come join the team behind scaling Alexa Globally. As a member of our team, you will be responsible for leading the development of systems and services helping to scale Alexa to international locales. You will have significant influence on our overall strategy by helping define the features, driving the system architecture, and spearheading best practices.
We encourage bold exploration of interactions and experiments that push innovation and use these learnings to bolster the foundation of best practice reference design patterns that foster a consistent, efficient, and familiar cross-product experience.
A successful candidate will have an established background in developing products, a strong technical ability, project management skills, solid communication skills, and a motivation to achieve results in a fast-paced environment. You should be comfortable with ambiguity and have a creative flair for achieving the impossible.
Key Responsibilities
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Work on key infrastructure to support and responsible for scaling Alexa internationally.
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Work through all phases of the project lifecycle, including reviewing requirements, designing critical infrastructure and tools , building new interfaces, integrate with existing architectures, developing and testing code, and delivering seamless implementations for scaling Alexa features internationally.
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Ownership of projects that operate cross-functionally with multiple Alexa engineering, design and product teams.
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Work in an Agile/Scrum environment to deliver high quality software against defined schedules and milestones.
Basic Qualifications
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1+ years of experience contributing to the system design or architecture (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems.
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2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
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Programming experience with at least one software programming language.
Preferred Qualifications
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MS in CS with 3+ years of experience in multithreaded, distributed system design and architecture Or BS with 5+ years of experience.
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Experience building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers
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Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
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Ability to take a project from scoping requirements through actual launch of the project
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Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and management to collect requirements, describe software product features, and technical designs.
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Excellent Testing and debugging skills
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Ability to mentor peers and other Engineers in the team
The pay range for this position in Colorado is $143,650 - 194,349/yr; however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A sign-on bonus and restricted stock units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position offered. This information is provided per the Colorado Equal Pay Act. Base pay information is based on market location. Applicants should apply via Amazon's internal or external careers site.
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.
Pursuant to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Workers in New York City who perform in-person work or interact with the public in the course of business must show proof they have been fully vaccinated against COVID or request and receive approval for a reasonable accommodation, including medical or religious accommodation.
Company - Amazon.com Services LLC
Job ID: A2195242