Amazon is looking for Software Development Engineers for a new initiative within Alexa search. Alexa search is part of our ongoing Alexa Information efforts focused on reinventing information extraction and retrieval for a voice-forward, multi-modal future. You will have an opportunity to directly impact the customer experience, design, architecture, and implementation of products that will be used every day by people you know. We're looking for someone passionate about innovating on behalf of customers, who demonstrates strong product ownership and is willing to think in new ways to solve difficult problems. The ideal candidate has a track record of success in delivering new features and products, solving problems, and learning new technologies quickly. A commitment to teamwork, proactive approach to solving problems, and strong verbal and written communication skills are essential. Creating reliable, scalable, and high-performance products requires technical expertise, understanding of
· Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering · 3+ years industry experience building production software systems · Experience building scalable infrastructure software or distributed systems for commercial online services. · Experience in modern programming languages (Java, C/C++, Python), open-source technologies and Linux.· Master's degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering · Experience developing cloud software services for scalability, performance and reliability. · Knowledge of professional software engineering practices and best practices for the full software