Sr. Software Engineer, Alexa Skills Kit

Overview

- 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
Alexa+ is our next-generation assistant powered by generative AI. Alexa+ is more conversational, smarter, personalized, and gets things done. 3P experts enables Alexa+ to complete complex tasks using third-party (3P) APIs and websites. Some of these include: reserving a table at a restaurant, hailing a ride, booking event tickets, scheduling an appointment and planning a trip. No more jumping between apps — just say what you want, and it's done. 3P developers and partners have been core to our vision since the beginning. With Alexa+, we reimagined how 3P developers can build for Alexa. Alexa Skill Builder Growth team’s charter is to enable creation of 3P experts at scale and make it seamless for 3P developers to integrate their businesses with Alexa+. We are measurably making Alexa+ smarter, and we need your help to define and build the next generation of capabilities using GenerativeAI. Key job responsibilities Interested in Alexa+? Ever wonder what's involved in enabling developers to create experiences for Alexa+? Then come help us build the AI-native SDKs that developers use every day to expand Alexa+ capabilities! Our goal is make Alexa+ an instantly familiar personal assistant that is always ready to help or entertain on any device. At the core of this vision is Alexa Skills Developer Technologies, a close-knit team that’s dedicated to providing software developers with the tools, primitives, and services they need to easily create engaging customer experiences that expand the wealth of information, products and services available on Alexa. You will join a growing organization working on top technology using GenerativeAI and have an enormous opportunity to make an impact on the design, architecture, and implementation of products used every day, by people you know. We’re working hard, having fun, and making history; come join us! 1. Building software that runs with high quality on millions of Echo family devices, and Alexa-enabled Devices using latest fast moving technologies including LLM 2. Taking a long-term view of architecture, proactively fixing deficiencies and/or proposing larger projects. 3. Understanding the business impact of your systems and show good judgment when making technical trade-offs. 4. Driving engineering best practices (e.g., Operational Excellence, Security, Quality, etc.) and set standards. 5. When confronted with discordant views, you are able to find the best way forward and influence others to follow that path, building consensus. 6. You contribute to the professional development of colleagues, improving their technical knowledge and engineering practices A day in the life A typical day will start with a morning huddle to catch up on what you and your team worked on the previous day. This is usually followed by some white-board design discussions on the problems the team is working on, with afternoon mostly spent on project design and implementation work with a heavy dose of code reviews from and for your team along the way. We are a fun, close knit team where everyone is ready to roll their sleeves and help each other out, push boundaries and have fun doing it! About the team Alexa Skills Kit or ASK is an organization within Alexa+ on a mission to empower skill builders to create delightful and engaging experiences by making Alexa+ conversational, smarter, personalized, and gets things done.