Amazon Development Centre Canada ULC

Software Development, alexa and amazon devices

SoftwareDevelopmentEngineer,AlexaScreenExperience

CA$115–192k Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Software Development Engineer, Alexa Screen Experience at Amazon Development Centre Canada ULC. Skills: Front-end rendering, Cloud services, Device screen experiences. Design software features. Deliver software features”

What You'll Achieve.

Deliver frequently; Deliver incrementally; High-quality code; Production-ready code

Industry & Context.

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

Root cause analysis; Identify technical risks; Mitigate technical risks

Eligibility Requirements

On-call rotations

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

3+ years professional software development, 2+ years system design or architecture, Experience programming one language

Nice to Have

3+ years full SDLC experience, Bachelor's degree computer science

What You'll Do.

Design software features

Deliver software features

Collaborate with partner teams

Integrate screen experiences

Contribute to operational excellence

Participate in on-call

Drive root cause analysis

Address systemic issues

Participate in design reviews

Provide feedback to peers

Seek feedback on work

Identify technical risks

Mitigate technical risks

Mentor newer engineers

Improve team processes

Optimize development workflows

Optimize testing practices

Optimize deployment procedures

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partner teams; APL; Device Software; Alexa AI; Property Management

Communication Scope

Knowledge sharing

Process & Methodology

Software lifecycle

Full Job Description

The Alexa Smart Properties Screen Experience team builds the visual interfaces that complement Alexa voice interactions across hospitality and senior living properties — serving thousands of properties and millions of daily screen interactions worldwide. We own enterprise device screen experiences and notifications. As an SDE 2, you'll own the design and delivery of software features spanning our front-end rendering stack (React, TypeScript) and cloud services (Lambda@Edge, CloudFront, DynamoDB). You'll work on difficult problems like multi-tenant rendering with property-specific branding, cross-device compatibility (Echo Show 8"/11"/15"/21"), offline resilience, and sub-second performance at scale. You'll take feature specifications from concept through the full software lifecycle — design, implementation, testing, deployment, and operations — with increasing independence. Our team values sustainable pace, knowledge sharing, and career growth. We assign work that develops you as a well-rounded engineer while delivering real impact to the properties and guests we serve. Key job responsibilities - Design and deliver software features end-to-end — from working backwards on requirements through implementation, testing, deployment, and operations — delivering frequently and incrementally with high-quality, production-ready code - Collaborate with partner teams (APL, Device Software, Alexa AI, Property Management) to integrate screen experiences with voice capabilities and property management systems - Contribute to operational excellence by participating in on-call rotations, driving root cause analysis, improving alarms and runbooks, and addressing systemic issues that reduce rendering failures - Participate actively in design and code reviews, providing meaningful feedback to peers including more senior engineers, and seeking early feedback on your own work to ensure alignment with team architecture - Identify and mitigate technical risks in your feature area — perfor

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