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Senior Software Engineer, Alexa Daily Essentials

Global technology company leading in e-commerce, cloud computing, AI, and digital streaming.
Backend
Senior Software Engineer
In-Person
5,000+ Employees
6+ years of experience
AI · Consumer
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Description For Senior Software Engineer, Alexa Daily Essentials

Join Amazon's Alexa Daily Essentials team, working on features used by millions of customers daily. As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll shape the future of how Alexa helps households organize their daily life and tasks. The role involves defining software architecture and implementing solutions that enable Alexa to act as a personal assistant for the house. You'll work closely with product teams and developers to incorporate customer feedback and define technical requirements. The position offers the opportunity to make critical impacts on cutting-edge products used daily by consumers worldwide.

The team believes voice is the most natural user interface for interacting with technology across many domains. You'll collaborate on cross-organizational projects, ensuring seamless integration between Alexa services and other Amazon platforms. The role requires strong technical leadership, architecture design skills, and the ability to mentor other engineers.

Working at Amazon means joining one of the world's most innovative companies, with a culture driven by leadership principles and a focus on customer obsession. You'll be part of a team that's passionate about building the future of voice technology and home automation. The role offers the chance to work on high-volume, mission-critical applications that directly impact millions of users' daily lives.

Your day-to-day work will involve collaborating with peers, including engineers, voice designers, and product managers, to find and implement the best solutions for customers. You'll be responsible for maintaining high engineering standards while delivering features that make household management easier and more efficient through voice technology.

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Responsibilities For Senior Software Engineer, Alexa Daily Essentials

  • Define architecture of software solutions and determine system limitations and compatibilities
  • Lead coding and software development of complex, cross-functional, customer facing programs
  • Design and implement system architecture and underlying components
  • Establish design principles and best practices across multiple teams
  • Anticipate bottlenecks and manage technical trade-offs
  • Collaborate with team members on technical decisions
  • Ensure high quality through proper software engineering practices

Requirements For Senior Software Engineer, Alexa Daily Essentials

  • 6+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
  • 6+ years of programming with at least one software programming language
  • 6+ years of leading design or architecture of new and existing systems
  • Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team

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