Software Development Engineer, Alexa Shopping

Software Development Engineer, Alexa Shopping

Do you want to re-invent the way that Alexa helps customers shop? Come join our team!

Alexa is a strategic investment for Amazon, and we aim to deliver a voice and touch shopping assistant that is so convenient that customers worldwide will use Alexa every day. Alexa Shopping aims for Alexa to understand the needs of all shoppers regardless of language, background, abilities or economic means.

We are seeking a passionate SDE to contribute to the development of Alexa’s proactive shopping capabilities. Alexa Shopping builds ultra-low latency, highly available, and scalable distributed systems that help customers discover new products they love while saving them time and money. We optimize our systems to predict customer’s next best shopping action using a combination of machine learning (ML), deep learning, and multi-objective constrained optimizations. Come be part of a highly motivated, collaborative, and fun-loving team with an entrepreneurial spirit and bias for action. With a broad mandate to experiment and innovate, we have a seemingly endless range of new opportunities.

Key job responsibilities:
As a Software Development Engineer, you will be responsible for designing business-critical systems, developing high-quality code, testing, deploying, and supporting large-scale distributed systems and machine learning models targeted at increasing Alexa Shopping’s reach and engagement. A successful candidate will have an established background in strong technical ability to work in highly ambiguous environments, excellent problem-solving skills, great communication skills, and a motivation to deliver results in a fast-paced environment. You will have deep knowledge of Java, Object-oriented Design, and Service Oriented Architecture, and you are passionate about building massively scalable solutions and distributed systems.

Minimum Qualifications:
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language
- 3+ 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

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.