Sr. Software Development Engineer

Amazon ,
London, Greater London

Overview

Job Description

Alexa Shopping Spoken Language Understanding team is looking for a senior engineer to join a new team recently established in London. You will be leading a team of engineers to design and build experiences across a range of Alexa surfaces (both voice and GUI) as well as working with data scientists to improve the machine learning models that power Alexa Shopping. You will be part of a team with strategic impact in the Alexa Shopping business, designing and implementing new software inventions and simplifications in the spoken language understanding domain. You thrive in a fast-paced environment, have an interest in the artificial intelligence space, and will help us delivering key features to keep delighting our customers. As software developer in Amazon, you are expected to have technical ownership of you designs and services and influence good coding practices among your peers. Responsibilities include design, code, review, test, fix, research, deploy and maintain services and code in Amazon cloud and production environments. Successful candidates will be strong developers who can prioritize well, develop at the highest standards in the industry, deal with ambiguous and non explored problem domains, and have a consistent track record of delivery. Professional traits that are not unique to this position, but necessary for Amazon engineers: Exhibits excellent judgment Hires and develops great people Has relentlessly high standards (is never satisfied with the status quo) Is able to dive deep and is never out of touch with the details of the business or the technology Expects and requires innovation of her/his team Has passion and convictions and the innate ability to inspire passion in others Strong results orientation Thinks big Amazon is an Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer - Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation