You: “Alexa, I’m looking for a job where I can build products straight out of science fiction.” Alexa: “I have found matching jobs for you in Seattle. What role are you looking for?” You: “I’d like to manage an amazing team of engineers to make you even smarter than you are today.” Alexa: “Wonderful. I found the perfect role for you in Seattle where you can do just that, here are the details … ” Our focus is on mining massive volumes of data to allow Alexa to answer more questions for our customers in ways that delight them. We’ve solved many complex problems to get to where we are today, but there are still plenty of challenges ahead of us, and Alexa is getting smarter every day. We set out to build Alexa at Amazon, because we believe that voice will fundamentally improve the way people will interact with technology, and we wanted to create a computer in the cloud that could be controlled entirely by your voice. Alexa is at the forefront of Amazon's cutting edge work in Machine Learning
· 5+ years of software development experience. · 2+ years of people management experience · Computer Science fundamentals exeperience · Experience shipping large complex scalable systems/applications in an agile environment. · Experience of having worked in at least one modern object-oriented programming language such as Java or C++. · Experience with professional software engineering best practices such as Agile project management, coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.· Excellence in technical communication with peers and non-technical