Come help shape the future of Alexa Skills, the voice experiences built for Amazon's cloud-based voice service Alexa. Alexa is the brain behind tens of millions of devices including the Echo family of devices, FireTV, Fire Tablet, and third-party devices with Alexa built-in. You'll research Alexa Skills (https://amazon.com/alexaskills) and help external developers create make skills for customers. Tens of thousands of developers have built skills using the Alexa Skills Kit (ASK, https://developer.amazon.com/alexa-skills-kit), a collection of self-service APIs, tools, documentation, and code samples. We're looking for a researcher to outline and execute studies to better understand our customers' needs and behaviors. The Alexa Skills Kit team has two customers: the skill developer and the end skill customers and so studies and insights need to serve both. Our end skill customers primarily interact with Alexa via voice, whereas our skill developers primarily interact with the ASK via our
· BA/BS in experimental psychology, cognitive science, human computer interaction or related discipline · End-to-end experience with all aspects of research (study design, recruiting, moderation, analysis, reporting) · 5+ years of hands-on experience conducting UX research in an applied setting · Working knowledge of behavioral statistics and the principles of experimental design · A portfolio demonstrating past work experience, deliverables, and extraction of actionable insights from qualitative data· MA/MS/Ph.D. in experimental psychology, human computer interaction, anthropology, or related