Job Description

DESCRIPTION

The Alexa Communications group is reinventing the way people use technology to connect with one-another. We solve complex technical and business problems with ingenuity and simplicity. You can make history with us, and the good news is that weve only just begun!
Running with the spirit and energy of a start-up, our team is focused on leveraging emerging technologies and bridging household-devices with cloud services, to create new product offerings in the space of people communications, enabling people to connect in new ways like never before!

For our team we are looking for passionate, curious, and talented Software Engineers to build innovative, mission critical, applications that revolutionize the industry.
As a member of this team, you will build dynamic, custom user experiences on Amazon Echo devices with a display (e.g. Echo Show) to deliver the next level Communication experiences. Join our team and you will have an enormous opportunity to make a large impact on the design, architecture, and implementation of cutting edge products used every day, by people you know.

In this role, you will need a passion to build elegant systems in the most efficient ways while pushing the limits of current technology and challenging the status quo.
Key responsibilities include:
Influence our overall strategy by helping define product features, drive the system architecture, and spearhead the best practices that enable a quality product
Participate in all stages of the software development cycle, including designing and developing new system architecture and improvements
Working with other team members to investigate design approaches, prototype new technologies and evaluate technical feasibility
Focusing on operational excellence, constructively 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

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

3+ years of programming experience with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C including object-oriented design
2+ years of experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems
4+ years of professional software development experience
Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related field
Experience in Computer Science fundamentals in object-oriented design
Experience in Computer Science fundamentals in data structures
Experience in Computer Science fundamentals in algorithm design, problem solving, and complexity analysis
Have worked across multiple platforms to deliver software, including the service side and client side.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Masters degree in CS, EE Science, Computer Engineering or related technical field
Experience with technologies like HTML, JavaScript, React, and React Native.
Experience with or knowledge of Communications/Media protocols and standards such as WebRTC, SDP, RTP, and SIP.
Experience with VoIP and/or real-time communication technologies
Experience with embedded devices
Excellence in technical communication with peers, partners, and non-technical cohorts
Experience with complex, multi-threaded system software that has been successfully delivered
Experience developing Android and/or iOS services or applications

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