Job Description
Position: Software Developer II
Location: Bellevue WA
Duration: 6 Months
About the Team
Our cloud-based AI Assistant is always ready—just ask for information, music, news, weather, and more. Skills are like apps for the assistant and provide a new channel for your content and services. Skills let customers use their voices to perform everyday tasks. Skill Builders publish skills in a centralized Skills Store to reach and engage customers on hundreds of millions of enabled devices.
The team’s mission is to help Skill Builders grow their business. We build publicly available intelligent web services and intuitive web-based tools that help developers increase discoverability, enable natural and seamless voice interactions, and generate revenue. We continuously experiment with new methods to support developer success, and scale the ones that prove effective. We’re focused on making the AI Assistant smarter, and we need your help to define and build the next generation of capabilities using Large Language Models (LLMs).
Key Job Responsibilities
Interested in AI Assistants? Ever wonder what's involved in enabling millions of developers to create voice-first experiences? Then come help us build integrations that expand the assistant's capabilities and enrich everyday customer interactions.
Our goal is to make the assistant an instantly familiar personal companion—ready to help or entertain on any device. At the core of this vision is our Developer Technologies team, a close-knit group dedicated to providing developers with the tools, building blocks, and services they need to easily create engaging customer experiences that expand the ecosystem of information, products, and services.
You’ve found the right team if you're a passionate software engineer with experience building innovative applications that customers love. You will join a growing organization working with top-tier technology, including LLMs, and have a unique opportunity to impact the design, architecture, and implementation of products used daily by millions.
We're working hard, having fun, and building the future—come join us!
Responsibilities Include:
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Building scalable, high-quality software for a wide range of voice-enabled devices using fast-evolving technologies, including LLMs
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Taking a long-term view of architecture; proactively identifying and addressing deficiencies or proposing major projects
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Understanding the business impact of your systems and making well-reasoned technical trade-offs
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Driving engineering best practices (e.g., Operational Excellence, Security, Code Quality) and setting team-wide standards
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Navigating differing opinions to build consensus and guide the team forward with sound technical judgment
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Supporting the professional development of peers by sharing knowledge and engineering best practices
A Day in the Life
Your day might begin with a morning stand-up to sync with your team. This is typically followed by design discussions, whiteboarding solutions, and implementing features. Afternoons often include code reviews and focused development time. We value collaboration, creative problem solving, and fostering an environment where team members are encouraged to help one another and push boundaries—while having fun doing it!
Basic Qualifications
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3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
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2+ years of experience in system design or architecture (e.g., design patterns, scalability, reliability)
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Proficiency in Java and Python programming
Preferred Qualifications
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3+ years of experience across the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control, build processes, testing, and operations
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Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field (or equivalent experience)
About Us: SPECTRAFORCE is one of the fastest-growing workforce solutions firms in the United States. As a diversity-owned business, we place human connection at the heart of everything we do, building strong relationships with both clients and candidates to fill roles successfully. Our teams in North and Central America and India serve more than 150 Fortune clients globally, leveraging custom AI technology to provide direct hire, executive search, nearshoring, offshoring, and project staffing solutions.
Benefits: SPECTRAFORCE offers ACA compliant health benefits as well as dental, vision, accident, critical illness, voluntary life, and hospital indemnity insurances to eligible employees. Additional benefits offered to eligible employees include commuter benefits, 401K plan with matching, and a referral bonus program. SPECTRAFORCE provides unpaid leave as well as paid sick leave when required by law.
Equal Opportunity Employer: SPECTRAFORCE is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Please contact Human Resources at LOA@spectraforce.com if you require reasonable accommodation.
California Applicant Notice: SPECTRAFORCE is committed to complying with the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”) effective January 1, 2023; and all data privacy laws in the jurisdictions in which it recruits and hires employees. A Notice to California Job Applicants Regarding the Collection of Personal Information can be located on our website. Applicants with disabilities may access this notice in an alternative format by contacting NAHR@spectraforce.com.
LA County, CA Applicant Notice: If you are selected for this position with SPECTRAFORCE, your offer is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of several requirements, including but not limited to, a criminal background check. We consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with all local ordinances and state laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers (FCO) and the California Fair Chance Act (FCA). The background check assessment will consider whether a criminal history could reasonably have a direct, adverse impact on the job-related safety, security, trust, regulatory compliance, or suitability for this role. Such findings may result in withdrawal of a conditional job offer.
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $45.00/hr.