Interested in Amazon Echo? Come work on Alexa - the cloud-based, voice-enabled intelligence which powers it. We’re building the speech and language solutions that will make interactions with Alexa more natural and more productive. We’re working hard, having fun, making history; come join us! As a member of the team you will be responsible for leading the development and launch of core 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 new opportunities and has a demonstrable track record of success in delivering new features and products. 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
· Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related technical field · 5+ years experience in a test or development role as part of a product development organization· Experience developing cloud software services and an understanding of design for scalability, performance and reliability · OO design/development skills and have experience driving projects from concept to prototype, and finally implementation · Mastery of the tools of the trade, including a variety of modern programming languages (Java, C/C++, Objective C, Python) and open-source technologies (Linux, SQLite, OpenGL, Spring, Hibernate)