Sr. Embedded Software Development Engineer, Amazon Smart Vehicle – Amazon

82% 1-Year Employee Growth Rate | 130% 2-Year Employee Growth Rate | LinkedIn | $108M Venture Funding

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Job summary
Do you have a passion for Automotive? Do you want to challenge the status quo of the in-car experience? Do you want to take on very ambiguous problems? If you answered yes to these questions, we have a dream job for you.

Key job responsibilities

• Provide system-wide view and design guidance, and drive engineering best practices and set standards for other engineers in the team
• Work with product management and cross-functional teams to build and ship technical solutions for the best customer experiences
• Advise senior manager and directors on technical direction for the organizations
• Break down complex software project into parallel work that can be performed by you and other SDEs and then reassembled successfully into a cohesive launch
• Participate in the hiring process as well as mentor others – improving their skills, their knowledge of your software, and their ability to get things done.

A day in the life
As a senior software development engineer, you will lead the design, implementation, and delivery of software in ambiguous and complex problem spaces. You will be working with an assorted set of stakeholders across organization such as product and program management teams and UX teams. You will influence the technology decisions that will drive future products and features that directly affect our growth in this critical space.

About the team
Alexa Auto’s vision is to bring the Alexa experience into the car, so you can take her with you on the go. Voice technology shines in environments where you’re occupied with other tasks. That’s a big reason why Alexa has become so popular in places like the kitchen or living room, and why we see the opportunity in automotive as big as the smart home. With Alexa in the car, customers can use their voice to play music, control in-cabin comfort features like AC/heater, control smart home devices from the car, and access tens of thousands of skills built by third-party developers all while keeping their hands on the wheel and eyes on the road.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• 4+ years of professional software development experience
• 3+ years of programming experience with at least one software programming language
• 2+ years of experience contributing to the system design or architecture (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead OR leading an engineering team

• 3+ years of programming experience with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design
• 2+ years of experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems
• 4+ years of professional software development experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 5+ years of experience coding experience in C/C++ in embedded systems
• 3+ years of experience in Linux application development (QT or similar)
• 8+ years of relevant engineering experience in building frameworks and applications for Linux based embedded systems: C++, Java, or other object-oriented languages
• 4+ years working with hardware and software platforms in any of the following OSes : Linux, QNX, AGL or Android
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and excellent problem solving skills
• Ability to drive innovation and passionate about learning new technologies
• Proven ability to work effectively in a cross-functional team

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