Interested in Amazon Echo? Come work on the engine behind it - Alexa. We’re building the Alexa Skills Platform behind Amazon Echo and other Amazon products and services. We are looking for passionate Software Engineers who have experience building innovative, applications that customers love. As a member of the team you will help with design, implementation and launch of many key product features. You will have influence on defining product features, drive operational excellence, and spearhead the best practices that enable a quality product. The ideal SDE-1 (L4) candidate is clearly passionate about delivering experiences that delight customers and creating solutions that are robust. A commitment to team work, hustle, and strong communication skills (to both business and technical partners) are absolute requirements. Creating reliable, scalable, and high performance products requires exceptional technical expertise, a sound understanding of the fundamentals of Computer Science, and practical
· Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, mathematics, related technical discipline, or related industry experience · 3+ years of software development experience · Experience working on an engineering team using Agile processes (Scrum, Kanban) · 3+ years of experience developing on Linux/Unix platforms · 3+ years of experience with Test Driven Development or writing unit tests· Strong, object-oriented design and coding skills (C/C++ and/or Java preferably on a UNIX or Linux platform) · Knowledge of Perl or other scripting languages a plus · Experience with distributed (multi-tiered)