The Alexa Connected Devices team builds device application APIs in the cloud for Alexa. Our device application APIs provide internal and third-party application developers building voice experiences, mobile applications, and multimodal devices with an API surface to discover, manage, control, or query any device connected to Amazon.
We are seeking a Software Development Engineer to help design and deliver highly-visible core systems that support all device application APIs.
These systems are the underlying foundation to upcoming and future innovation.
Key job responsibilities
- Collaborate on or lead architecture, design and implementation with some of the best and brightest Software Engineers.
- Move fast to launch and iterate quickly.
- Build and expand an scalable API surface, spinning up new systems and services as necessary.
- Coach and mentor junior engineers on the team.
- Learn the dos and don’ts of designing, building, deploying, and running Software at the highest scale.
- Understand the clear business impact of your work.
A day in the life
Alexa Device Access APIs' Query Orchestration, Groups and Relations (QORG) is a small Agile family. This means you'll enjoy an outsized impact and the benefit of having many different responsibilities.
All within a day you'll develop and work on new features, analyze stability of these features, request reproduction of a bug from QA, review a technical spec with the team, perform code reviews, prioritize incoming CS tickets, and collaborate with product on the feasibility of new customer experiences.
Our engineers are owners and technical product specialists, in a truly fun and exceptionally high impact space.
About the team
The Alexa Query Orchestration, Groups and Relations (QORG) team owns the Query Orchestration frontend service for the broad Device Access APIs (DAAPI) surface, and the Groups and Relations services that have enabled numerous lovable 1P / 2P / 3P Alexa-connected smart experiences .
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ 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
- 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
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