Job Description

• 1+ years of experience in software development
• Programming experience with at least one software programming language.

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  Programming experience with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design
• 0-2 years of experience in software development

Job summary
Interested in building highly scalable, highly available, highly performant micro services that powers engaging Alexa experience?

Interested in Amazon Echo? Come work on the engine behind it - Alexa.

We’re building the Alexa Platform/conglomerate of services that powers experiences on Amazon Echo and other Alexa enabled devices. We’re working hard, having fun, making history; come join us! We are looking for passionate, hard-working, and talented Software development engineers to innovate in building innovative products.
You will have an enormous opportunity to make a large impact on the design, architecture, and implementation of cutting edge products used every day, by people you know.

You will own the end-to-end delivery of new services and features that delight both Alexa skill developers and Alexa customers. Push the technical envelope on dynamic audio mixing and multimodal rendering across all Alexa devices. Join a team that is still early in its product lifecycle and with numerous growth opportunities ahead.

Key job responsibilities

• Partner with the team to Design and implement scalable, low latent, high availability, and maintainable multimodal services that enrich customer experiences on screen-based Alexa devices.
• Partner with the team to Work in an Agile/Scrum environment to deliver high quality software against aggressive schedules.
• Establish architectural principles, select design patterns and then mentor team members on their appropriate applicationdesign external facing APIs to facilitate communication between different developer and device interfaces.
• Work with other team members to investigate design approaches, prototype new technology and evaluate technical feasibility.
• Work in an Agile/Scrum environment to deliver high quality software against aggressive schedules.
• Establish architectural principles, select design patterns and then mentor team members on their appropriate application

A day in the life

• Design and implement scalable, low latent, high availability, and maintainable multimodal services that enrich customer experiences on screen-based Alexa devices.
• Independently design external facing APIs to facilitate communication between different developer and device interfaces.
• Work with other team members to investigate design approaches, prototype new technology and evaluate technical feasibility.

About the team
The Alexa Multimodal team provides the single unified interface layer for developers creating multimodal experiences. Multimodal experiences use not just voice, but other modalities such as display, touch and d-pad to communicate with Alexa customers.
We provide the tools experience makers need to create rich audio experiences for Alexa. The team owns two main systems including Alexa Presentation Language for Audio (APLA), a custom audio mixing framework for skill developers and first party developers, and Alexa Prompts, an internal build time and runtime system for managing Alexa responses
We are responsible for removing barriers hindering developers from creating multimodal experiences across all device capabilities. We define a uniform interaction model for multimodal behavior across all developers, including speechlet, skill, and internal platform engineers. We focus on providing the interface layer between developers and Alexa. We prioritize our efforts based on what we expect to drive the greatest incremental impact on weekly active users.

• BS or higher in Computer Science or equivalent
• Excellence in technical communication with peers and non-technical cohorts
• Strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive
• Ability to achieve stretch goals in a highly innovative and fast paced environment
• 0 to2 years of programming experience in creating large scale applications