Quality Assurance Engineer - Paid Internship
Miejsce pracy: Gdańsk
Description:
IVONA Software is one of Amazon's top notch development centers. IVONA researches, develops and delivers cutting edge multi-language Text to Speech technology, leading in voice quality, accuracy and ease of use.
As part of our development team you will work within the Amazon Digital Products department. This department has developed significant digital businesses including Amazon MP3, Amazon Video on Demand, IMDB, Amazon Fire TV, the Kindle Fire and our recently released Amazon Echo.
IVONA is a team of creative people who successfully combine passion and ambition in creating one of the best speech synthesizers in the world, and now are one of the most visible teams within Amazon where you will have the opportunity to build solutions of great impact on customers all over the globe.
At Amazon, we take pride in building complete end-to-end solutions, staring from researching a problem, implementing the solution, building a scalable and reliable service and ensuring the service is there when you need it.
As part of our development team you will work alongside other Software Developers who are subject matter experts in speech synthesis and related fields. You will be responsible for designing system architectures, selecting best development solutions, optimizing software performance implementing linguistic algorithms and models. You will be involved in projects from concept to deployment, working closely with our core technology team, taking part in the complete project lifecycle.
We offer for an Intern:
- Positive and friendly atmosphere within an ambitious and professional team, developing some of the most innovative projects in the world
- Opportunity to transform internship into full time employment and develop a career in a reputable and dynamic company with global reach
- Attractive conditions of internship
- Opportunity to work with the best TTS technology in the world and learn how to build new voices
Basic Qualifications
- Student or graduate with M.S. or B.S. degree in Computer Science or related field
- High degree of fluency in Python or other scripting language
- Familiarity with the fundamental test process:
- Test planning and control
- Test analysis and design
- Test implementation and execution
- Test results reporting
- Knowledge of testing terms and definitions and their usage
- Experience in work with Linux/Unix systems
- Strong personal interest in learning, researching and creating new technologies with high commercial impact
- Strong attention to details, inventive, able to work in a fast-paced environment
- Quality oriented mindset
Preferred Qualifications:
- Knowledge of software engineering practices and best practices for the full software development lifecycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing and operations
- Familiarity with testing best practices and standards (ISTQB, IEEE 29119, IEEE 829 and related)
- Knowledge of Java and Object-oriented design and programming principles
- Clear, professional communication skills, able to contribute to team discussions, knowing when to contribute, when to listen and when to ask questions