Alexa Personality Tech is looking for a front-end engineer with an interest in making Alexa sound more like a friend or family member. We make Alexa more fun, personable, and, natural for our Customers. We encourage bold experimentation that furthers innovation and use these learnings to bolster the foundation of best practice reference design patterns that foster a consistent, efficient, and familiar cross-product experience. You will work with an experienced engineering team with opportunities to lead the charge as we play a major role in the evolution of Alexa. Your time with us will be impactful - your vision, creativeness and engineering output adopted by teams across Amazon and beyond. We advance the possibilities of voice-first experiences to help our Customers achieve more - would you like to join us? A successful candidate will have experience in developing customer-facing products, a strong technical ability, project management skills, solid communication skills, and a motivation
· University degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent · 4+ years industry experience as an engineer · Strong design skills around the user experience. Eye for design and attention to detail. Experience with responsive web design. · Skilled in developing rich applications with HTML, CSS, JS, Node and a proficency in one or more relevant front-end frameworks such as React or Angular · Familiarity with the Alexa platform and Alexa Skills · Expertise in a variety of programming languages and open-source technologies · Ability to achieve stretch goals in a highly innovative and fast-paced