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If you said yes to any or all of those, come join the Alexa Connected Devices!\n\nWe are looking for a passionate engineer to work on the development of Tier-1 services for Alexa Cloud that enable connectivity between Alexa enabled devices (Echo, Smart Home etc.) and Alexa.\n\nKey job responsibilities\n\nBuilding software to deliver a low latency, low cost, highly reliable, and high scalable connectivity between Alexa enabled devices and Alexa Cloud\nDrive and lead software design, development standards, team processes and code reviews.\nOptimize software libraries for low latency, CPU and memory footprint.\nDeliver high-quality software through working in a dynamic, team-focused Agile/Scrum environment\nContributing to the professional development of colleagues, improving their technical knowledge and engineering practices.\n\nAbout the team\nThe mission of the Alexa Connectivity teams is to deliver a low latency, low cost, highly reliable, and high scalable connectivity between Alexa enabled devices and Alexa Cloud. The changes we make, improves the speed and reliability experienced by end customers when interacting with Alexa devices, and simplifies experience for developers and rest of Alexa by abstracting the connection management from them. The team handles tens of billions of transactions per day. This is a highly visible role to get in the inception phase, build new features, and operate a tier-1 Cloud Service. The ideal candidate is excited about the incredible opportunity that Alexa and Cloud represent, and is passionate about delivering high-quality services in a hyper-growth environment.\nBASIC QUALIFICATIONS\n3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience\n2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience\n1+ years of software development engineer or related occupational experience\nBachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field\nExperience programming with at least one software programming language\nPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS\n3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience\nBachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent\nExperience developing, deploying and managing AI products at scale\nSystem design with AI components and able to evaluate latency, cost, reliability, and accuracy.\nAI-Augmented Development: Using tools like Kiro, Claude Code effectively for design, coding, testing, and debugging.\n\nAmazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.\n\nOur inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.\n\nThe base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.\n\nUSA, WA, Seattle - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually","company":"Amazon.com Services","rawCompany":"amazoncom services","city":"Seattle","state":"WA","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-07-18T17:51:37.646Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1252.00","title":"Software Developers","slug":"software-developers"},{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"},{"code":"15-1251.00","title":"Computer Programmers","slug":"computer-programmers"}],"industries":[{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"},{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"},{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Software Development Engineer, Alexa Connected Devices","description":"DESCRIPTION\nDo you want to shape the future of how Alexa+ enabled devices connect with Alexa Cloud? 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If you said yes to any or all of those, come join the Alexa Connected Devices!\n\nWe are looking for a passionate engineer to work on the development of Tier-1 services for Alexa Cloud that enable connectivity between Alexa enabled devices (Echo, Smart Home etc.) and Alexa.\n\nKey job responsibilities\n\nBuilding software to deliver a low latency, low cost, highly reliable, and high scalable connectivity between Alexa enabled devices and Alexa Cloud\nDrive and lead software design, development standards, team processes and code reviews.\nOptimize software libraries for low latency, CPU and memory footprint.\nDeliver high-quality software through working in a dynamic, team-focused Agile/Scrum environment\nContributing to the professional development of colleagues, improving their technical knowledge and engineering practices.\n\nAbout the team\nThe mission of the Alexa Connectivity teams is to deliver a low latency, low cost, highly reliable, and high scalable connectivity between Alexa enabled devices and Alexa Cloud. 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