Want to work in a start-up environment with the resources of Amazon behind you? This is your chance to revolutionize visuals-first shopping (https://www.amazon.com/finds) for millions of customers worldwide while working with industry-leading technologies. We're looking for a passionate, team-oriented, and talented Software Development Manager with a track record of successfully leading teams building innovative, sophisticated platforms and experiences that customers love. Key job responsibiliti... more details
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Want to work in a start-up environment with the resources of Amazon behind you? This is your chance to revolutionize visuals-first shopping (https://www.amazon.com/finds) for millions of customers worldwide while working with industry-leading technologies. We're looking for a passionate, team-oriented, and talented Software Development Manager with a track record of successfully leading teams building innovative, sophisticated platforms and experiences that customers love.
Key job responsibilities
As an Amazon Software Development Manager, you will be responsible for the design, development, testing, and operations of systems your team owns. As a startup-style team, this role requires engineering leadership and you will play a crucial role in building a culture of best practices, quality and delivery. This role requires working closely with product management and partners to define strategy and requirements, and leading development teams from design through delivery and subsequent operation. It also requires regular communication with senior management on status, risks and strategy.
About the team
We are building community features (for example notifications and comments) so that our customers can interact with each other. We are a part of Amazon's Personalization organization, which is a high-performing group that leverages Amazons expertise in machine learning, big data, and distributed systems to deliver the best shopping experiences for our customers. We work full stack, from foundational backend systems to future-forward user interfaces. Our culture is centered on rapid prototyping, rigorous experimentation, and data-driven decision-making. We care deeply about our customers, as well as the well-being and growth of our team members.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Irvine, CA, USA
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of engineering team management experience
- 7+ years of working directly within engineering teams experience
- 3+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems 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
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior leadership to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategy
- Experience in recruiting, hiring, mentoring/coaching and managing teams of Software Engineers to improve their skills, and make them more effective, product software engineers
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $166,400/year in our lowest geographic market up to $287,700/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
