About the team
The Alexa Connected Devices team delivers low-latency, low-cost, highly reliable, and scalable connectivity between Alexa-enabled devices and the Alexa Cloud. We improve the speed and reliability of customer interactions with Alexa while simplifying the developer experience by abstracting connection management. Our services handle tens of billions of transactions daily. This is a highly visible role spanning inception, feature development, and partnering closely with tier-1 Cloud Services. The ideal candidate is passionate about Alexa and thrives delivering high-quality device capabilities in a hyper-growth environment.
7+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent work experience
7+ years of experience in Linux kernel development or systems programming
Proficiency in C/C++; working knowledge of ARM or RISC-V assembly
Experience writing or maintaining Linux device drivers (character, block, network, platform)
Deep understanding of memory management (MMU, DMA, cache coherency), scheduler internals, and power management frameworks
Hands-on experience with bootloaders (U-Boot, GRUB, or custom)
5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
Linux kernel upstream contributions (accepted patches)
Experience with real-time patches (PREEMPT_RT) or Xenomai
Familiarity with ARM TrustZone, OP-TEE, or secure world partitioning
Familiarity with kernel debugging tools: ftrace, perf, kgdb, crash utility
Background in RTOS development (FreeRTOS, Zephyr, ThreadX)
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