Senior Software Development Engineer, AZA TeamDESCRIPTION
The AZA Team is responsible for A to Z Assistant (AZA), an AI-powered virtual assistant designed to help Amazon employees find information and complete tasks more efficiently, freeing up time to focus on serving customers. With AZA, we are building on our search improvements and making it faster and easier than ever to get answers and complete tasks. Using natural language, employees simply ask AZA for what they need or are trying to do.
Key job responsibilities As a SDE on the team, you will be responsible for leading the architecture, design, development and launch of the core product features.You will have significant influence on our overall strategy by helping define these product features, drive the system architecture, and spearhead the best practices that enable a quality product.The ideal candidate is clearly passionate about new opportunities and has a demonstrated track record of success in delivering new features and products.Creating reliable, scalable, and high performance products requires exceptional technical expertise, a sound understanding of the fundamentals of Computer Science, and practical experience building large-scale distributed systems.You have thrived and succeeded in delivering high quality technology products/services in a hyper-growth environment where priorities shift fast.You manage the entire software development lifecycle, from planning and prioritization to design and delivery.You ensure the delivery of high-quality, scalable, and innovative software solutions.You foster a culture of excellence in software engineering practices and Agile methodologies.You collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate complex AI and ML technologies into user-friendly tools for developers.You drive team growth and development through recruiting, mentoring, and leadership.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering teamExperience leading the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systemsExperience in professional, non-internship software developmentExperience programming with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented designExperience in development in the last 3 yearsPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalentExperience with full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
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