Interested in Amazon Echo? Come work on it. Alexa is the Amazon cloud service that powers Echo, the groundbreaking Amazon device designed around your voice. We are building large scale distributed systems to serve growing needs of Kindle customers on Alexa and redefine Kindle books listening experience on Alexa enabled devices. Our team works backwards from customers by understanding their needs to design and implement solutions that addresses their current needs and scales for future. We are inventing the future, come join us. We are looking for a very technical Software Development Manager who can lead the software systems that empower the Kindle experience on Alexa. We are looking for a passionate, hard-working, and talented manager who have experience building mission-critical, high volume applications that customers love. You will have the opportunity to make an impact to the design, architecture, and implementation of products that span multiple internal Amazon teams, to deliver solutions
· Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field · 7+ years of experience building production software systems · 4+ years of people management experience · Masters or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering · Experience building products and services running in cloud. · Experience with TTS (text-to-speech) models and systems · Experience building and maintaining machine learning and/or natural language processing systems · Excellent verbal and written communication skills Amazon is an Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer – Minority / Female / Disability