Alexa is the name of the Amazon cloud-based voice service that powers Echo, Echo Dot, Echo Show and a growing number of third party devices designed around your voice. Alexa is always ready — just ask for information, music, news, weather, and more. Our vision is to build a computer in the cloud that is completely controlled by your voice. As a member of this development team you will be responsible for leading the design, implementation and launch of many key product features. You will have significant influence on our overall strategy by helping define these product features, drive the system architecture, and spearhead the best practices that enable a quality product. The ideal 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
· Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, mathematics, related technical discipline, or related industry experience · Minimum 1 years of software development experience · Experience working on an engineering team using Agile processes (Scrum, Kanban) · Bachelor's degree in Computer Science · Experience with running customer facing, cloud-based, production software system · Development experience defining, developing and maintaining REST based interfaces · Excellence in technical communication with peers and non-technical partners · Experience building developer facing products