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- "Alexa mobile app" team review Have a TPM offer in the alexa mobile app team. Any insight on the work culture and any reviews on PIP as part of this org ? Edit: Have read bad reviews on Blind for Alexa org in general. Is Alexa org same as Alexa Mobile App team? Or diff? ?#culture #officelife #workplace
- vote Amazon Alexa Data Service vs Amazon App Store Team #amazon #alexa #appstore Hi all, I have been given an option to choose between Alexa Data Service Team in Hyderabad India, and Amazon App Store Team in Bangalore, India. Can anyone suggest which team is better in terms of learning opportunities and work culture. Thanks
- Whoever is working at the Amazon Alexa App, should be fired. So many engineers at Amazon, such a terrible app. Title says it all. Terrible. Must be good to have a monopoly. TC $52M
- Do you use Alexa? Do you like that its now available through the Amazon app? What do you think? Like it? What do you use for? "Alexa trigger fire place on"?
- Amazon sde2 team matching Got through amazon onsite recently for L5, onto team matching. Any thoughts on the following teams? I am interested in Infra / large scale systems, so leaning towards Alexa data infra. Pointers on WLB, culture, politics, projects would be helpful. - Ads API infra - Alexa shopping - Alexa data infra
- Alexa shopping Previous search on blind shows bad reviews for Alexa shopping in bay area. How is alexa shopping and greenfield initiative? Has it changed or it's still stay away from that org?#tech
- Is Amazon that bad? Have offer for Alexa, SDE II, no comp numbers yet. I hear that it's team dependent, but is the "fire or expire" mentality for bosses something that is everywhere? I'm on H1b trying to do GC so obviously this is a huge risk to leave my current Co (which I'm somewhat comfortable at). On the flip side
- How is Alexa Shopping I have been reading in blind that Alexa Shopping is one of the worst orgs in Alexa. A recruiter reached out for a potential role with the org in their PA office. Any insights?
- Amazon peeps - how the duck i shut off traffic updates My god with ever news push it gives us a traffic update. No where on Alexa app to turn off I think my kid caved into the badgering I don’t fucking commute you can shove traffic when i play news
- How is Amazon Alexa ML data platform team An EM messaged me on LinkedIn to explore careers at the Alexa ML data platform team in Cambridge, MA. Read on blind from other Amazonians to avoid Alexa Devices. Does this team call under the umbrella of Alexa devices? Any insight on WLB/PIP/Upward mobility is appreciated. TC: 🥜 YOE 3+
- alexa music how is wlb in alexa music ? my friend has got verbal offer and sorry he is not in blind .
- Why can't Alexa play music as an alarm? Alexa can set a repeating alarm OR play music on command but not both? There is a workaround using a phone alarm to play an audio file to voice-activate Alexa to play music and some workaround Android apps, but why is this so difficult? This is 80's level technology...
- Amazon Alexa service deteriorating? 2 years back when I bought a house, I changed all switches to smart switches, bought smart devices and did some extensive automations. Between Google and #Amazon Alexa, I chose Alexa (partly because of Cortana's potential integration at that time) and now have an echo show and a bunch of echo dot de
- App Store Holiday Rankings Really interesting to see how App Store rankings change over the holiday. Fitbit #1, Alexa #4, lots of VR apps and games moved up, all the major social networks still in the top *except* Pinterest which crashed to #64 (wtf?). Uber down at #77 (expected since no one working just hanging at home). Bi
- Amazon Alexa London Hey folks, A recruiter reached out for the Alexa team. I read bad things on blind regarding Alexa Seattle, is it also bad in London? What is the expected pay for SDE III? And how does that level compare to architects or principal engineers at other places? I guess to be enticing for me, salary w
- How is alexa experience org under rajat? Hi all, This is my first post on blind. I got an offer for sde2 a team in alexa org under rajat's leadership? The team does something with alexa skills. Wondering if anyone of you have some experience regarding WLB, PIP etc. In these teams? Yoe - 5.5 Current TC - 30 LPA ( not at sabre) Offered TC
- PM role in the Alexa team- interview prep/culture Hi Blind community, A recruiter reached out to me about a Sr PM role in the Amazon Alexa team. Any idea on how the interview process would look like? Questions to expect? Culture/WLB? TIA! TC: 🥜
- Alexa Shopping in East Palo Alto How is the team? Work conditions? Work life balance with Alexa Shopping team in EPA? Is it bad there like the rest of blind seems to make out Amazon to be? Thanks!
- vote How's the Amazon Alexa Devices Bay Area teams? I'm considering joining the Amazon Alexa (ADDT) team in Bay Area. Upon speaking to a sr. manager there, the work seems good. I am mainly looking for technical growth as an SDE to switch from a chill-but-complacent work atmosphere. But blind is full of negative reviews about Amazon Alexa while some
- Best Alexa/AWS Teams for Product Management Hi All - I am going to be applying for L6 PM and PMTs roles for Alexa and AWS teams. I see a huge disparity in the experiences on Blind. Can somebody let me know the best teams for Alexa/AWS Teams for Product Management ? Which teams have a good Product Vision? Hoping to be a Data Product Manage
- Anyone know of LA startups looking for new grads? A lot of interesting startups in silicon beach like Honey, Clutter, Acorns etc, I’m a new grad with a year of Alexa/Chatbot development and a couple iOS apps, would appreciate any tips for companies with open positions
- Alexa Natural Understanding- SDE 2 I got an offer from a team in Alexa Natural Understanding org, and I wanted to know how it is in terms of culture and work pressure. I see blind posts saying that Alexa org is worse than AWS, is that true? Or is it better to work for AWS? I am passionate about NLP, so I like this team’s projects,
- Need help of am amazon employee Can someone from internal amzon blind check about the culture and WLB of alexa experience team in bangalore. Joining there next month. Need some clarity. Thanks in Advance #engineering #software #swe. YOE-1 TC-15 LPA
- How is Amazon Sidewalk legal? Can someone from Amazon share any insight? Basically, starting June 14, if you own an echo device your internet bandwidth will be shared with other devices, capped to 500mb/month. This option is enabled by default with no notification to users at all. Disable it in the Alexa app under account sett
- Amazon Music v/s Alexa Music Are these orgs the same? How’s wlb in these teams? Also do they have a lot of pip? Saw some posts where people say Alexa Music is good, so wanted to get an option here. No trolls please. Blind tax: 200k, 5yoe
- What AI product does each company have publicly? It could be hard ware + software or just an important feature in the app Amazon has Alexa (which seems take the lead) Google has google home I don't consider Alphago is a product yet more of the demoing of the algorithm Anything else?
- Referrals for Seattle PM roles Hi Blind community, I’m a L6 PMT in Alexa looking for referrals for PM roles in Seattle tech companies (Google, Facebook, Snap, Hulu, DoorDash, Salesforce, Databricks, Snowflake etc.). Appreciate your help. TC: $240K YOE: 7 (4 years in product management)
- vote Amazon alexa team vs privacy team. I got reached out by amazon recruiters one from alexa team and another from privacy team. I am looking to apply to sde1 position, and I am not sure which team should I proceed my application with? I am looking to work as backend/full stack developer. Blind folks would you be kind enough to help me
- How is the Alexa Domains - HHO team? I'm planning on switching teams. I read a good comment from last year here in Blind and planning on switching to the Alexa Domains HHO team. However, a coworker told me that it's a very stressful org. Anyone with direct experience, or heard anything about that org?
- Big Orgs: WTF does everyone do? Just read that Amazon Alexa alone has 3500 people in it. That just blows my mind. I know how much I can accomplish just myself coding my own apps. Why the hell does it take 3500 people? What does everyone do? I've never been in a big dev company before so legitimately baffled.
- vote Which has better engineers? Amazon or Microsoft? Yes we are code monkeys are Amazon, but we’re not lazy at all unlike Microsoft engineers. Edit: Wow! Blind users are so biased! Microsoft has better engineers than Amazon??? How??? Their products are shit. We have retail, AWS, Alexa, Kindle and so on... They are all No.1 in their fields. Microsoft'
- Product Manager resume review please Hello all, I am currently looking for a PM role in tech with over 4 years experience in hardware (non-tech ) development and product management. My goals are - 1. getting a PM role in hardware teams in tech (ex:Google nest, Alexa home devices, smart home, Meta AR/VR devices). 2. More ideally, would
- Amazon Alexa shopping onsite interview - SDE II Hi there. TL;DR I'll have an on-site interview in Bay Area soon, and I'd like to get some advices from Blind users. Should I expect more System Design and LP, or they will focus more on LC/DS/algo? (like they do for SDE I interviews?) I've read that Alexa shopping is not a org under Alexa, and it
- Is Amazon WLB really that bad? I have been seeing lot of people on blind say that Amazon is the worst in terms of WLB. Is this really true? I will be interviewing for the Alexa skills team and I am getting scared what I am getting myself into. P.S When I say bad do people work more than 10-6 daily (like work at night and all). I
- Who designed the Amazon Echo Buds? The first run experience of this project is an absolute joke. I normally use AirPods, but mine recently broke, tragic accident 😞😞 I decided to try the echo buds out because they were on discount. Let me run you’ll through the first run experience: 1. Open the box, everything looks good. The lid o
- Amazon Applied Scientist 1 L4 offer expectation Hi, I have a call scheduled to discuss offer (numbers) later today for Applied Scientist 1 (L4) at Amazon. The team is in Alexa AI org and is located in Sunnyvale/SF Bay Area. The average salary range I could gather from few Glassdoor and blind posts has very high standard deviation (probably beca
- Playing music on two echo devices I used to play songs (need not be simultaneously) on two echo devices in my home, both connected to the same account. Now only one device plays full song and other one just plays a sample. Any idea what could have changed and why is the other device not playing full songs? I have already verified
- vote Does Amazon spy? Me and my room mate recently leased an apartment, I don’t know him from before.We were discussing about getting an assembly service for a tv stand we bought (Ikea). When I opened amazon I got an ad for tv stand assembly service. Btw I do not have location on for amazon app and also we have Amazon
- amazon confusion, again after i didnt do well with an alexa team, my app bounced to audible. Now, the req # for the application im “under consideration” for is not a real position. It says under consideration for SDE with no link to an actual job. Today and AWS recruiter reached out to me. I am really not following ama
- Good teams at Amazon Blind has similar threads but I guess they're outdated by now. Basically, multiple recruiters from Amazon are reaching out to me and I would like to know the good teams to interview with. The orgs I'm considering for now are AWS and Alexa but I'm open to suggestions. Also, does compensation vary b
- Amazon Phone interview. What to expect? Sorry for another post about Amazon. I have a phone interview coming up for the Alexa team. I've been sent the link for coding and it's for 1 hour. Going through blind posts, this is what I've gathered. Prepare for leadership principles ( or is this only for on-site?), Design question, and leetcode
- Prediction: Google's downfall - Alexa and rise of conversational commerce To this day Google relies heavily on search to make bulk of money. Alexa and the rise of conversational commerce is a massive threat Google is not prepared enough for! As soon as more people start searching and buying through voice or chat apps it's all over. The rest of the time will be spent on ph
- vote Alexa vs AWS I cleared my onsite for Amazon in Arlington a few weeks ago and I’m currently in the team matching process. I’ve talked to a few managers and have narrowed down to two teams. Alexa: news and privacy on the Alexa mobile app. Most of the development will be in react native. My experience is full stac
- Considering Amazon Conversational AI, senior applied researcher I'm considering an offer from Amazon conversational AI. All the posts in Blind are scaring me and I have heard on average people leave Amazon after ~1 year. How's the work-life balance and PIP? How about learning, my main reason for considering the offer is to learn, bot technical (DL/NLP) and lea
- AMAZON FIRST SIX MONTHS SURVIVAL ROADMAP Joining a team in alexa org at amazon india As an sde1 in January. Need help regarding what should i focus on for the first six months to not get piped. Also what should i learn prior to coming here to be a good performer. I already know JAVA. I would rate myself 3.5/5 i java. Anything else i s
- How are the following AWS teams ? Wondering how are the following teams in Amazon/AWS .Looks like some are tier 1 services . Most of the jobs locations are based in Seattle or Bay area/Irvine CA. How is the wlb/learning scope/on call/Attrition/pip etc ? Thanks in advance . AWS Global Accelerator AWS Anti DDos AWS ec2 nitro AWS EC
- referrals for boston/cambridge companies? I am currently working in academia (phd in physics) but have been finding jobs in tech industry. Can anyone offer referrals for companies in Boston/Cambridge area? Since I am "new" to the software engineering, non-startups seem to be more suitable (?). I have done side projects in ML / webapp (aws
- Is Amazon worth the hype? I keep getting harassed by Amazon recruiters every week, spamming my inbox and linkedin begging me to apply. I was just wondering how many employees are actually working on high-end technologies at Amazon? I know a lot of folks who work their but they all work in teams like A9, goodreads, etc. Mostl
- Amazonians - What will be the comp of TT year after year SDE2 this year? I'm an ex Amazonian, a friend of mine who will probably ace it got a few offers, all of them are 350K+ , from post IPO companies (she is SDE2, 4 YOE, first job after uni).. Do you think she has a reason to stay if we strictly think about TC? She is in a chill org (one of the smaller orgs of Alexa)
- AWS to Alexa I didn't wanted to make the move and Blind and everyone says AWS! AWS! But I am frustrated in AWS with the ops hell, I got 25 sev-2s so far and on-call is not over. I tried looking for internal teams and most of the people's CRs are alarm threshold, region expansion, all those garbage work. Other t