Software Development Engineer II, Alexa Endpoint Experiences

<strong>Description<br><br></strong>Join the team that brought you the Echo Show, a touch-screen enabled Alexa device that supports video calling, music, weather, and more! Our Echo Software team works on not only the Echo Show but other high-profile consumer electronics products including Fire TV, Kindle, and the Echo family of devices. We’d love to have you join us to bring innovative experiences to millions of customers. As a software engineer in the Alexa Devices team, you will help drive innovation by developing features that present innovative speech-backed visuals on our Echo Show and similar screened Alexa devices.<br><br>Specifically, you will be responsible for maintaining & developing new systems, partnering with other Amazon and third-party services and device teams as required. You will ensure that Alexa almost never drops her end of the conversation, delivering services that respond with minimal latency at Amazon scale. You may work on device frameworks, APIs and more. If being at the forefront of new innovation for Alexa sounds exciting, we'd love to talk to you!<br><br>Key job responsibilities<br><br>Join the team that brought you the Echo Show, a touch-screen enabled Alexa device that supports video calling, music, weather, and more! Our Echo Software team works on not only the Echo Show but other high-profile consumer electronics products including Fire TV, Kindle, and the Echo family of devices. We’re just getting started, and we’d love to have you join us to bring innovative experiences to millions of customers.<br><br>You don’t need any experience in those specific technologies, just an enthusiasm to build state of the art software particularly around user interfaces, cross-device APIs, or cloud-based services. If this sounds appealing to you, please contact us and we’d love to chat!<br><br><strong>If You Join Us, Your Opportunities Will Include<br><br></strong><ul><li> Invent a novel delightful Android-based experience for our customers.</li><li> Collaborate with UX and Product owners to define customer experience and product direction.</li><li> Deliver high quality software through working in a dynamic, team-focused Agile/Scrum environment.<br><br></li></ul>A day in the life<br><br>You will be responsible for developing and maintaining new systems, partnering with other Amazon and third-party services and device teams as required. You will ensure that Alexa almost never drops her end of the conversation, delivering services that respond with minimal latency at Amazon scale. You will work on device frameworks, APIs and more.<br><br><strong>About The Team<br><br></strong>We are the team that brought you the Echo Show, a touch-screen enabled Alexa device that supports video calling, music, weather, and more! Our Echo Software team works on not only the Echo Show but other high-profile consumer electronics products including Fire TV, Kindle, and the Echo family of devices. We’re just getting started, and we’d love to have you join us to bring innovative experiences to millions of customers<br><br><strong>Basic Qualifications<br><br></strong><ul><li> 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience</li><li> 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience</li><li> Experience programming with at least one software programming language<br><br></li></ul><strong>Preferred Qualifications<br><br></strong><ul><li> 4+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience</li><li> Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent<br><br></li></ul>Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.<br><br><br><strong>Company</strong> - ADCI - Maharashtra<br><br>Job ID: A10565737

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