Build and Release Engineer, Alexa Automotive

Job description

DESCRIPTION

Do you like Alexa? Do you have a passion for cars? Do you love bleeding edge technology? Alexa Automotive is the voice controlled personal assistant behind Amazon Echo in automobiles. The team seeks to provide seamless experiences for customers with Alexa in the car.

We are looking for an experienced, self-motivated, detail-oriented Build/Release Engineer who has demonstrated ability to work in a fast-pace and complex software build environment.

It is day 1. Join us to become the founding member of a new initiative that involves Alexa, automotive, and Internet of Things. Not only do we deliver high-impact customer facing applications, we also focus on learning, sharing, innovating and having fun at work. Here is a list of things we do differently:
· We have significant influence on overall strategy.
· We have a lot of diversity in the technologies we use.
· We are fast paced—like really fast.
· We support and encourage learning and sharing new technologies and skills.
· We have almost zero operational overhead.

Technologies we are using:
· A variety of technologies in the future to integrate partners with Amazon

Media coverage:
· https://techcrunch.com/2017/01/04/fords-going-to-put-alexa-in-cars-starting-later-this-year/
· https://www.engadget.com/2017/01/09/amazon-alexa-will-make-your-car-smarter/
· http://www.bbc.com/news/av/technology-39559512/amazons-alexa-turns-on-ford-cars-engine
· https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/08/amazon-panasonic-deal-pushes-alexa-further-into-cars.html

Desired profile

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

· Bachelor degree in Computer Science, equivalent experience, or related field required.
· 5+ years’ experience or background in Build and Release Engineering.
· 3+ years’ experience setting up and/or maintaining automated build system and CI/CD.
· 3+ years’ experience in programming in Python, Perl and/or shell scripting.
· Experience with CMake, ANT and/or Android development platform.
· Experience working with product development teams (including languages such as: C++, Java, JSON).
· 3+ years working with distributed version control systems (DVCS) such as Git.