New Dev! Lead Java Software Development Engineer – ALEXA MACHINE LEARNING TEAM - Cambridge, Massachusetts

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Senior/Lead Java Software Developer - Amazon Alexa Machine Learning Team - Cambridge, MA (Kendall Square).

New Development at this time!

Interested in Machine Learning? How about Amazon Alexa, Speech and Language Understanding, or Computer Vision? We're building the machine learning platform behind Amazon Echo and other Amazon products and services within our Development Center here in Kendall Square. We're working hard, having fun, making history; come join us!

As a member of the Amazon Digital Products Machine Learning Data Platform organization, you will be responsible for leading the development and launch of core platform features. You will have significant influence on our overall strategy by helping define these 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 demonstrable track record of success in delivering new features and products. A commitment to team work, hustle, and strong communication skills (to both business and technical partners) are absolute requirements. 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. This person has thrived and succeeded in delivering high quality technology products/services in a hyper-growth environment where priorities shift fast.

Responsibilities:

· Responsible for the development and maintenance of key system features
· Will work with other team members to investigate design approaches, prototype new technology and evaluate technical feasibility.
· Will work in an Agile/Scrum environment to deliver high quality software against aggressive schedules.

Desired profile

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

· BS in Computer Science or equivalent.
· 8+ years of industry experience.
· Programming in one or more object-oriented languages.
· Experience building scalable infrastructure software or distributed systems, with a service based approach.
· 2+ years of experience in a DevOps role.
· Analytical abilities and proven design skills.