DESCRIPTION Alexa Smart Home team is responsible for integrating your smart home devices with Alexa and bringing your home to life Our products complement the Alexa voice experience by giving customers quick and intuitive ways to interact with their home during moments that are more suited for touch and screen-based interactions Key job responsibilities In this role you will Design and implement automated test frameworks tools to reduce manual testing effort and or to assess and mitigate quality risks The frameworks tools are reliable scalable maintainable and easy-to-use Defines test metrics and automates simplifies team development and test processes Mentor junior team members QAE team members build automation skill set and apply engineer best practice Work closely with developers and define test automation strategy solution for complex ambiguous problem The solutions are testable maintainable and efficient A day in the life Responsible for maintaining existing automation framework expand the current solution and implement enhancements for bi-weekly prod releases Responsible for designing new automation frameworks for testing Smart Home experience on multiple surfaces Multimodal echo devices Fire TV Influence partners and stakeholders by representing our end customers and raise the quality bar Mentor junior team members QAE team members build automation skill set and apply engineer best practice Optimize team s processes and work towards reducing operational QA costs About the team Alexa Smart Home QA team is responsible for testing integration of your smart home devices with Alexa and ensuring we are providing a premium end-to-end experience We own touch and screen based interaction testing on Mobile devices Alexa devices with screens and Fire TV devices BASIC QUALIFICATIONS 3 years of test automation frameworks and tools building experience 4 years of non-internship qualified software development testing experience Experience with at least one modern language such as Java Python C or C including object-oriented design Experience in automation or monitoring frameworks deployment or development Experience in Linux RHEL or experience in Ubuntu Solaris and experience with threat modeling and penetration testing PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS Knowledge of overall system architecture scalability reliability and performance in a database environment Experience with security in service-oriented architectures microservices and web services Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process including support for the interview or onboarding process please visit https amazon jobs content en how-we-hire accommodations for more information If the country region you re applying in isn t listed please contact your Recruiting Partner