DESCRIPTION
Amazon Lab126 is an inventive research and development company that designs and engineers high-profile consumer electronics. Lab126 began in 2004 as a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc., originally creating the best-selling Kindle family of products. Since then, we have produced groundbreaking devices like Fire tablets, Fire TV and Amazon Echo. What will you help us create?
Work hard. Have fun. Make history.
The Role:
We are looking for a passionate, hard-working and talented Senior Software Development Engineer in Test for the Amazon Echo team who has experience building innovative, mission critical software features. You will have an enormous opportunity to make a large impact on the design, architecture, and development of consumer products. In this role, you will:
Be responsible for the development and maintenance of key features for Amazon Echo
Work with other team members to investigate design approaches, prototype new technology and evaluate technical feasibility
Research and implement novel ML and statistical approaches for Amazon Echo devices test automation
Assist with Architecture and Design of new and current systems
Work in an Agile/Scrum environment to deliver high quality software
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
BS in Computer Science, or equivalent background in data structures, algorithms, object-oriented design and systems architecture.
7+ years professional experience building and operating scalable distributed systems across the full software lifecycle including design, implementation, testing, operations, and maintenance.
Experience in one or more modern programming languages such as Java, C++ or Python.
Solid Machine Learning background with experience in building machine learning systems
Good written and spoken English communication skills.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Masters degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related technical field
Computer Science fundamentals in object-oriented design, data structures, algorithm design, problem solving, and complexity analysis
A proven track record of seeking out and resolving system performance issues involving memory, disk, and CPU
Experience working with media streaming frameworks and media formats
Experience with embedded Linux devices
Excellence in technical communication with peers, partners, and non-technical cohorts
Experience building complex, multi-threaded system software that has been successfully delivered
Lab126 is part of the Amazon.com, Inc. group of companies and is an Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation
Seattle, WA
Amazon.com, Inc. engages in the retail sale of consumer products and subscriptions in North America and internationally. The company operates through three segments: North America, International, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) segments. It sells merchandise and content purchased for resale from third-party sellers through physical stores and online stores.
The company also manufactures and sells electronic devices, including Kindle e-readers, Fire tablets, Fire TVs, and Echo devices; provides Kindle Direct Publishing, an online service that allows independent authors and publishers to make their books available in the Kindle Store; and develops and produces media content.
In addition, it offers programs that enable sellers to sell their products on its Websites, as well as their own branded Websites; and programs that allow authors, musicians, filmmakers, skill and app developers, and others to publish and sell content. Further, the company provides compute, storage, database, and other AWS services, as well as compute, storage, database offerings, fulfillment, publishing, digital content subscriptions, advertising, and co-branded credit card agreement services.
Additionally, it offers Amazon Prime, a membership program, which provides free shipping of various items; access to streaming of movies and TV episodes; and other services. It serves consumers, sellers, developers, enterprises, and content creators. Amazon.com, Inc. has a strategic partnership with Volkswagen AG. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.