Software Development Engineer, Alexa Communications

Job Description

Join Alexa Communications as an Engineer to work on real-time communications features for Alexa, making a huge positive impact on end-users with innovative GenAI products.

Requirements

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture of new and existing systems experience
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
• Experience with Communications/Media protocols and standards such as WebRTC, SDP, RTP, and SIP

Responsibilities

• Influencing overall product strategy
• Investigating design approaches, prototyping new technologies, and evaluating technical feasibility
• Developing highly innovative, quality products
• Building highly scalable, reliable, and available distributed services leveraging AWS Cloud
• Contributing to operational excellence, identifying problems, and proposing solutions
• Writing clean, maintainable code and performing peer code-reviews
• Working in an Agile/Scrum environment to deliver high-quality software despite tight deadlines
• Finding new ways to solve challenging problems every day

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage (multiple plan options)
• Health savings and flexible spending accounts
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Program for mental health support
• 401(k) with company match and various investment choices
• Company-paid life/AD&D and disability insurance
• Restricted stock units (RSUs) for employee ownership
• Child care and elder care referrals, adoption assistance
• Paid maternity and parental leave (including Ramp Back)
• Paid time off (PTO) and company holidays
• Employee discount on Amazon.com products
• Career Choice program (95% tuition and textbook coverage)