The Alexa Connected Devices team builds device application APIs in the cloud for Alexa. Our device application APIs provide internal and third-party application developers building voice experiences, mobile applications, and multimodal devices with an API surface to discover, manage, control, or query any device connected to Amazon.

We are seeking a Software Development Engineer to help design and deliver highly-visible core systems that support all device application APIs. These systems are the underlying foundation to upcoming and future innovation.

Key job responsibilities
- Collaborate on or lead architecture, design and implementation with some of the best and brightest Software Engineers.
- Move fast to launch and iterate quickly.
- Build and expand an scalable API surface, spinning up new systems and services as necessary.
- Coach and mentor junior engineers on the team.
- Learn the dos and don’ts of designing, building, deploying, and running Software at the highest scale.
- Understand the clear business impact of your work.

A day in the life
Alexa Lifecycle and Registries is a small Agile family. This means you'll enjoy an outsized impact and the benefit of having many different responsibilities. All within a day you'll develop and work on new features, analyze stability of these features, request reproduction of a bug from QA, review a technical spec with the team, perform code reviews, prioritize incoming CS tickets, and collaborate with product on the feasibility of new customer experiences. Our engineers are owners and technical product specialists, in a truly fun and exceptionally high impact space.

About the team
The Alexa Lifecycle and Registries team are responsible for managing the backend platform services that facilitate the discovery and setup process for Alexa-supported endpoints across 1P, 2P, and 3P routes.