Software Development Engineer, Alexa for Shopping

Alexa for Shopping (AFS) is a generative AI-powered shopping assistant in the Amazon Shopping app designed to help answer a variety of shopping-related questions. AFS makes it easy for customers to find and discover the best products to meet their needs by helping with product research, providing comparisons and recommendations, answering specific product questions, and more. We are searching for pioneers who are passionate about technology, innovation, and customer experience to join the AFS team.

If you are thrilled about creating customer experiences that will be used by millions of people worldwide and are eager to tackle technical challenges that have never been addressed before, then this is the perfect opportunity for you.

As a software developer in this role, you will have the opportunity to design and lead the development of a unique and engaging feature for millions of customers. You will be an integral part of a passionate and creative team that encourages experimentation and innovation on behalf of our customers. You will play an active role in building quick prototypes or proofs of concept in partnership with other technology leaders within the team. You will tackle challenging, novel situations every day and have the opportunity to work with multiple technical teams at Amazon. Along the way, you’ll learn a lot, have fun and make a positive impact on millions of people.

We are looking for a talented Software Development Engineer with a strong technical background, customer obsession and bias for action with a track record of delivering robust solutions quickly. Strong judgment and communication skills, long-term technical vision, and continuous focus on engineering and operational excellence are essential for success in this role. You will be expected to be proficient technically, encourage software development best practices, and iterate quickly.

Key job responsibilities
• Work with product management and cross functional teams to implement and improve technical solutions for desired user experiences.
• Work with our design team to define and implement the best user experience.
• Manage directly assigned tasks and on-call duties.
• Full vertical end-to-end ownership of the feature.
• Actively participate in hiring and mentoring the very best.
• Encourage and support knowledge-sharing within team and external groups.
• Communicate clearly both verbally and in writing, within team and external groups.

About the team
The Alexa for Shopping Engineering team in London is working on new AI shopping experiences that will shape the future of shopping. This is an exciting new space, it means changing people's habits, exploring new ways of interacting with our customers and using brand new ideas and technology to achieve this. We need to be very agile, experiment a lot and think big.

Basic Qualifications

- Experience in professional, non-internship software development
- Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design
- Experience with full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems
- Experience building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers

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