Software Dev Engineer II, ASK Runtime Team

Software Dev Engineer II, ASK Runtime Team

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Job summary
Do you want to be part of new evolution in Alexa? As Software Development Engineer, you will build new components and services that form the core multi-tenant architecture for Alexa. You will own Tier 1 services that power all experiences that customers enjoy with Alexa devices. If you would like to be part of defining and building new technologies and invent on behalf of customers, this is the team for you. You will build internet scale, customer facing distributed services that process billions of requests per day, hundreds of thousands of TPS.

Key job responsibilities

• Create designs and plans, and deliver one of the many roadmap projects.
• Drive coding/oop best practices to ensure clear separation of system boundaries.
• Drive an OE-first mindset by releasing features in production with no bugs and no increase in latency.
• Take part in team meetings related to design, scoping, and prioritization.
• Hire and ramp up new engineers/interns.

A day in the life
You use technology to solve problems while soliciting feedback and direction from team members. You write code that is secure, stable, testable, and maintainable with few flaws. You take part in discussions about team design, scoping, and prioritization. You collaborate effectively with customers and/or internal partners to understand the business implications of technical decisions.

About the team
Alexa, in addition to an intelligent assistant by itself, is just getting started to become foundational technology for other intelligent assistants. Help us to build the future of Alexa by building the technology for device makers and service providers to create their own assistants, tailored to their brand personality and customer needs, into automobiles, consumer electronics, mobile applications, smart properties, video games, and a variety of other digital experiences. This evolution will need new building blocks that you will define and build, and shape the future of custom assistants powered by Alexa. If you want to be part of such foundational team with startup culture and make decisions that define the future, this is the team for you!

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• 1+ years of experience contributing to the system design or architecture (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems.
• 2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• Programming experience with at least one software programming language.

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field at time of application.
• Experience with at least one object-oriented programming language such as Java, C/C or Python.
• Knowledge of Computer Science fundamentals such as object-oriented design, algorithm design, data structures, problem solving, and complexity analysis.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience developing cloud software services and an understanding of design for scalability, performance and reliability
• OOO design/development skills and have experience driving projects from concept to prototype, and finally implementation
• Mastery of the tools of the trade, including a variety of modern programming languages (Java, C/C, Objective C, Python) and open-source technologies (Linux, SQLite, OpenGL, Spring, Hibernate)
• Development experience defining, developing and maintaining web service API's
• Demonstrated ability to mentor other software developers to maintain architectural vision and software quality
• Excellence in technical communications with both technical and non technical peers

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