Interested in Amazon Alexa? Come work on it. We’re building the core services that run Alexa and other Amazon products. 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 understanding of the fundamentals of Computer Science, and practical experience building large-scale distributed
· Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field · · 5+ years experience building production software systems · · OO design/development skills and have experience driving projects from concept to prototype, and finally implementation · · 5+ years of experience coding in modern programming language (Java or C++) · Experience developing cloud software services and an understanding of design for scalability, performance and reliability · · Development experience defining, developing and maintaining web service API's · · Demonstrated ability to mentor other software developers to maintain architectural