Software Development Engineer, Alexa Speech

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Update day: 18-10-2024

Location: Aachen North Rhine-Westphalia

Category: IT - Software Consulting / Customer Service High Technology Mechanical / Technical Electrical / Electronics

Industry: IT Services IT Consulting Software Development Technology Information Internet

Position: Mid-Senior level

Job type: Full-time

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The Amazon Speech team is a group of developers and scientists working on audio, speech and natural language solutions that revolutionize how customers interact with Amazon’s products and services. The team’s mission is to push the envelope in automatic speech recognition (ASR) in order to provide the best possible experience for our customers.

We are looking for passionate and talented Software Engineers who have experience building innovative, mission critical, highly scalable applications that customers love.

As part of the team, you will have an opportunity to be at the front lines of speech recognition and speech processing technologies. In your role as a Software Development Engineer, you will have an opportunity to define the technical direction of the platform and the tools that support building state of the art machine learning models used at runtime by Alexa.

Key job responsibilities

Your work will have a large impact on the design, architecture, and implementation of various Machine Learning workflows with focus on building state of the art models using innovative new technology stack. You will build software to enable both Research activities and stable Production releases for Alexa Speech recognition.

A day in the life

Our team puts a high value on work-life balance. It isn’t about how many hours you spend at home or at work; it’s about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life. We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfilment. We offer flexibility in working hours and encourage you to find your own balance between your work and personal lives. We do collaborate closely with Science teams on deep research topics around AI/ML so do expect to read white papers once in a while.

About The Team

The team is a great mix of experienced individual contributors with various backgrounds and expertise in mathematics, machine learning and engineering.
Basic Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field
  • Extensive professional experience in software development
  • Proficiency in Computer Science fundamentals such as; object-oriented design, data structures, algorithm design, problem solving, and complexity analysis
  • Experience in, at least, one modern programming language such as Python, C, C++, C#, Java
  • Experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems
Preferred Qualifications
  • Demonstrated leadership abilities in engineering environment, driving best software development practices and Operations
  • Ability to work with Scientists
  • The ability to take raw product requirements and develop software architectures and designs to bring them to life
  • Excellence in technical communication with peers and non-technical cohorts
  • Demonstrated ability to mentor other software developers to maintain architectural vision and software quality
Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice (https://www.amazon.jobs/en/privacy_page) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.

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Company - Amazon Development Center DEU

Job ID: A1790254
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Deadline: 02-12-2024

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