Amazon Lab126 (located in Sunnyvale, CA)| On-Site | Full time
The Role:
Do you want to shape the future of the Amazon Smart Home and Internet of Things space? Come and join us! Our team is developing cutting-edge technologies to define the smart home space, leveraging the Amazon Alexa speech platform and Amazon Web Services. We are looking for an intrepid problem-solver to dive into an ambiguous problem space and design and deliver innovative software solutions that put the "Smart" in Smart Home.
You'll be digging into the possibilities unlocked when we embed technology into internet-connected, physical things in the home. If you want to be at the hub of enabling the next wave of innovation in technology, we have a role for you.
As a Software Development Engineer - Cloud, you will be part of an experienced cross-disciplinary team designing and building new technology and bring to market innovative software solutions for consumers.
This hands-on position requires broad engineering competence and in-depth technical knowledge of cloud software development, as well as demonstrated experience successfully planning, organizing, and conducting software development projects in a dynamic environment. 
The ideal candidate is passionate about new opportunities and has a demonstrable track record of success developing and building distributed systems and applications. In this role you will:
Provide technical leadership and contribute to the definition, design, implementation, and release of custom cloud software solutions
Design and build innovative and highly scalable cloud services
Rapidly prototype and iterate on new software and services for the Smart Home
Internal job description
Basic qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field
3+ years of experience doing hands-on software development
2+ years of current experience working with distributed systems or applications
Experience developing and releasing cloud software services for scalability, performance and reliability
Knowledge of REST architecture for web services
Data analysis and debugging skills
Coding skills in Java
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