Software Development Engineer , Alexa

Amazon; London; On-site; USD 129,000 - 224,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading team at Amazon to transform music consumption through innovative voice-forward video experiences. You'll take ownership of new features and collaborate with product teams to enhance Alexa's entertainment capabilities, all while developing in-demand skills in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional software development experience.
• 2+ years of design or architecture experience.

Responsibilities

• Independent technical ownership of new customer features.
• Work with Product Management and Design to refine customer experience.

Skills

software development

design patterns

programming

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science

Job description

Job ID: 2716453 | Amazon.com Services LLC

Want to transform the way people consume and interact with music? Come join the team that’s enabling developers to create world class voice-forward video experiences, across devices and services. We brought Amazon Music, Spotify, Pandora, Sirius XM and much more to Alexa.
We work with top tier internal and external music partners to drive innovation with video and voice.


Key job responsibilities
In this role you’ll have independent technical ownership on new customer features and supporting architecture on a day to day and week to week basis. You’ll learn new in-demand skills like building voice control interfaces and scalable API platforms that will be highly valuable as you grow your career at Amazon and beyond. You’ll work directly with Product Management and Design to refine the customer experience for Alexa entertainment featured products. You’ll join a unique team in the Alexa organization with our own culture – we move fast to deliver new great features for customers and have a ton of fun doing it.
Come join us as we build the Voice OS for Entertainment in the home. We’re breaking new ground and need your help to bring our vision to reality.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 4+ 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

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223,600/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 https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

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