Amazon Development Centre Canada ULC

Software Development, alexa and amazon devices

SoftwareDevelopmentEngineer,AlexaAudio

CA$80–192k Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Mid+ candidates.

The Brief

“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.

Software Development, alexa and amazon devices
Problems you'll solve

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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