Amazon Development Centre Canada ULC
Software Development, alexa and amazon devices
SoftwareDevelopmentEngineer,AlexaAudio
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“Software Development Engineer, Alexa Audio at Amazon Development Centre Canada ULC. Skills: Generative AI, LLM, Audio experience. Design software in complex problem spaces. Implement software in complex problem spaces”
Industry & Context.
Solve complex technical problems
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
3+ years professional software development, 2+ years system design or architecture, Experience programming at least one language
Nice to Have
3+ years full SDLC experience, Bachelor's degree in computer science
What You'll Do.
Design software in complex problem spaces
Implement software in complex problem spaces
Deliver software in complex problem spaces
Create infrastructure for LLMs
Champion software engineering best practices
Champion operational excellence best practices
Create tools to evaluate model accuracy
Create tools to analyze model accuracy
Create tools to improve model accuracy
Reduce latency for audio experiences
Reduce customer friction for audio experiences
Influence operational excellence roadmap
Influence engineering excellence roadmap
Address peak readiness
Address hardware efficiency
Improve availability for Alexa Audio Services
Improve resiliency for Alexa Audio Services
Provide design feedback
Provide coding feedback
Guide away teams on best practices
Push back on proposals
Mentor junior members
Help junior members onboard
Participate in interviews
Participate in hiring efforts
Share component knowledge
Share expert knowledge
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Work with partners; Work with product managers; Work with technical program managers; Work with senior engineers; Work with principal engineers; Work with Product Management; Work with Design; Collaborate across disciplines; Work with UX designers; Work with researchers; Work with business intelligence engineers
Full Job Description
Want to transform the way people enjoy music, podcasts, radio, and audiobooks? Then come join the team that delivers the global audio experience on Alexa. If you’re passionate about building magical experiences for customers, while solving hard, complex technical problems, then this role is for you. Work across internal teams along with the world’s top music partners to deliver industry leading experiences across a growing array of Alexa supported devices and countries, all while being at the forefront of Generative AI and LLM capabilities. There is a universe of tens of millions of distinct audio content that is available across streaming services. Using your voice, and timely proactive suggestions are the easiest ways to get to what you want. Alexa makes this magical for customers: ask any Alexa-enabled device to play your favorite song, podcast, book or a station, and Alexa will find the right content for you and play it. We also support being able to control and manage playback across multiple devices, and movement of media playback across them. It is still Day 1 for the audio experiences, and we're looking for a leader to help us make it even better. On the Alexa Audio Team, you will have an enormous opportunity to impact the customer experience, design, architecture, and implementation of state of the art products that will be used every day by people you know. No matter what the role, we’re looking for people who are passionate about innovating on behalf of customers, demonstrate a high degree of product ownership, and want to have fun while they make history. In this role you’ll have independent technical ownership on new customer features and supporting architecture on a day to day and week to week basis. You’ll learn new in-demand skills like building voice control interfaces and scalable API platforms interfacing with Generative AI that will be highly valuable as you grow your career at Amazon and beyond. You’ll work directly with Product Management and D
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