Amazon Senior Software Development Engineer Alexa Sensing Perception 

United States, California, Sunnyvale 

600427216

Key job responsibilities
In this role, you will:
· Develop scalable cloud services that can handles millions of requests
· Investigate and propose design approaches, prototype new technology and evaluate technical feasibility
· Map out the Architecture and Design of new and current systems incorporating Machine Learning
· Work in an Agile/Scrum environment to deliver high quality softwareYou will be part of Sensing and Perception team which comprises of services such as Echo Spatial Perception (ESP), Presence Detection and Ambient learning of the customer environment – Where is the customer and What is around the customer. You will work with other Software developers and directly interact with Principal and Sr. Engineers, Principal Product Managers, Sr. Technical Program Managers, Sr. Applied Scientists, and other leaders of Alexa org.Your role is to create innovative multi-device solutions, build and maintain large-scale cloud services, influence changes to multiple Alexa core systems, and participate in building long term vision for Sensing and Perception. You'll measure your success by the quality of your deliverables, pace of innovation you help drive, and the impact you make for our customers.
A day in the lifeAlexa Sensing and Perception team is a small Agile family. This means you'll enjoy an outsized impact and the benefit of having many different responsibilities. All within a day, you'll gather requirements, disambiguate and design complex features, collaborate with ML scientists, guide other Software Developers, develop and work on new features, analyze stability of these features, request reproduction of a bug from QA, review a technical spec with the team, perform code reviews, prioritize incoming CS tickets, and collaborate with product on the feasibility of new customer experiences. Our engineers are owners and technical product specialists, in a truly fun and exceptionally high impact space.

- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
- 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team

- 7+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- 4+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience