Software Development Engineer, Alexa Smart Home

Software Development Engineer, Alexa Smart Home

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Job summary
The Alexa Smart Home team is focused on making Alexa the user interface for the home.

Customers love using Alexa to interact with their homes through natural commands and intuitive interfaces. We are evolving Alexa into an intelligent, indispensable companion that helps customers get the most out of the technology in their homes.

The Alexa Smart Home Team is seeking a Software Development Engineer to help develop new solutions focused on improving the quality, diversity, and customer experience of Smart Home devices.

The ideal teammate is passionate about Alexa and has a track record of success in delivering new features and products. A commitment to teamwork, knowledge of IoT systems, strong CS fundamentals, experience developing new systems, and strong communication skills (to both business and technical partners) are absolute requirements.

As a leader on the team, you will be responsible for leading the development and launch of core product features. You will have significant influence on our overall strategy by helping define these product features, system design, and best practices.

Key job responsibilities

• Leading development and maintenance of key system features
• Working with other team members to investigate design approaches
• Prototyping designs and testing them with teammates
• Working in an Agile/Scrum environment to deliver high quality software against aggressive schedules

About the team
The team owns and manages the firmware needed to turn a device into a Smart Home device.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Programming experience with at least one software programming language.
• 1+ years of experience in software development

• Bachelor's degree and/or Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• 1+ years of experience building production software systems

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• RTOS embedded system development experience.
• Embedded system debugging and hardware debugging skill
• Experience on Embedded system testing automation
• Experience on low level driver development on RTOS platform.
• Understanding of the ARM architecture is a plus
• Experience with generating the SDK package
• Experience with WIFI and Bluetooth Low Energy
• Experience developing IoT and embedded systems
• Familiarity with Alexa

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