DESCRIPTION

If your idea of fun is taking on the challenge of building the next generation of AI-driven capabilities that break new ground for conversational AI, we should talk!

Our mission is to push the envelope in conversational AI - automatic speech recognition (ASR), natural language understanding (NLU), dialog systems, machine learning - to provide the best possible customer experience.

This team is within Alexa AI which is a hybrid science and engineering team. You will partner with scientists and platform engineers to help bringing those new Conversational AI capabilities to Alexa.

Our engineers are self-motivated and customer-focused individuals with good instincts for developing software services with forward looking APIs. These skills help us define the leading edge for elegant, super-scalable services for Alexa. The ideal candidate will have strong distributed systems and web services design and implementation experience. The person should have a sound understanding of the fundamentals of computer science and practical experience building large-scale distributed systems using C++/Java in a Linux/Unix environment. An ideal candidate should enjoy working on complex system software, be customer-centric, and feel passionate not only about building great software but about making that software achieve its goals as an owner of one of Amazon's flagship services.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• 5+ years of industry experience.
• Experience building scalable infrastructure software or distributed systems for commercial online services.
• Experience in design.
• Experience with tools of the trade, including a variety of modern programming languages (Java, C/C++, Objective C, Python, JavaScript) and open-source technologies (Linux, Spring, JQuery, etc)

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• MS or PhD in Computer Science or equivalent
• Experience developing cloud software services and an understanding of design for scalability, performance and reliability.
• Excellence in technical communication with peers and non-technical cohorts
• Experience with Machine Learning
• Experience with Natural Language Understanding or Speech systems
- Experience with Alexa Skills development.
• Experience building frameworks for creating applications on various platforms
• Strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive.
• Demonstrated leadership abilities in an engineering environment in driving operational excellence and best practices.
• Demonstrated ability to achieve stretch goals in a highly innovative and fast paced environment.

Amazon is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Minority / Women / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation / Age