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Fascinated about Alexa? Have a passion for cars? Want to help deliver state-of-the-art Alexa experiences in vehicles? Alexa Automotive is looking for a Software Development Manager to join the team to help deliver core components of our Automotive solution. Come join us! Key job responsibilities As a leader and manager of the team, you will be working with business partners, software development engineers, testers, and UI/UX designers to design, implement, test, launch, and maintain new automotive experiences with Alexa. You will have significant influence on our overall strategy by helping define product features, drive system architecture, and spearhead the best-practices that enable a quality product. You will learn a variety of cutting-edge technologies, development processes, and develop well-rounded skills such as leadership, and effective project management. You will also be responsible for building a strong development team and developing career plans for the engineers reporting to you. About the team Alexa Automotives vision is to create safe, voice-first and multi-modal experiences to drivers and passengers in vehicles. With Alexa in the vehicle, customers can use their voice to play music, control in-cabin comfort features like AC/heater, control smart home devices, 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. - 7+ years of engineering experience - 3+ years of engineering team management experience - 8+ years of leading the definition and development of multi tier web services experience - Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software/hardware/networks development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, certification, and livesite operations - Experience partnering with product or program management teams - Experience designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems
