Software Development Engineer (L5), Alexa Devices

We are looking for a Software Development Engineer to build softwares for automating next generation platforms. In this role you will work with system architects, software developers, program managers, QA engineers and hardware engineers to design and build software, implement test automation, tool/dashboard and infrastructure development for Alexa devices.


Key job responsibilities
As a SDE on the engineering team, you will own the vision for designing and building infrastructures/frameworks that allow developers/SQA to easily write reliable automated tests, and invent new mechanisms for ensuring that every change we make can be deployed safely and quickly. You will help solve our most difficult challenges, and you will coach other engineers to foster a culture of relentless high-standards.

The ideal candidate for this role has a strong track record and proficiency in building efficient and innovative test tools. They are a pragmatic problem-solver with high judgment who brings an experienced perspective to balance quality and strategy trade-offs to meet the needs of Amazon Devices teams. They will bring clarity to complexity, probing assumptions, illuminating pitfalls with data, and fostering shared understanding. They have specialised knowledge analysing test procedures, inspecting architectures and developing test infrastructure and tools that provide confidence in product quality. - 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
- Experience building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers