Job Abstract

Are you passionate about innovating and delivering foundational technologies that empower every Amazon Store Builder on their journey to build experiences? Are you looking for new challenges and solving hard problems at Amazon scale? Join us and you'll accelerate Store Builders at Amazon to deploy federated shopping experiences!



As a Software Development Manager (SDM) on the Amazon UI team, you will lead engineers to solve challenging technical and business problems. You will use your technical skills, leadership, and partnership with stakeholders to design, build, and evolve the systems in the front end space. You will work closely with business teams, product managers, engineers, and partner teams to create and drive plans that transform visionary ideas into products that delight your customers.

Key job responsibilities
Lead and develop a team of software development engineers that operates at the scale of the Amazon Store within an Agile environment

Thinking big and working with executive leadership and business stakeholders to define strategy and roadmap.

Management and execution against roadmap, project plans and delivery commitments

Set up mechanisms to monitor operational excellence while meeting/exceeding system SLAs (e.g. Availability, Latency).

Work closely with the engineers to architect and develop the best technical design and approach

Work with your team to define and develop an inclusive team culture that fosters individual growth and team success.

Provide a work environment that allows employees to have fun and advance in their careers.


A day in the life
This is a wide-ranging role that involves partnering closely with other technical leaders, engaging with internal customers and influencing program leaders. As an SDM, you completely own your space and are empowered to define strategy, roadmap and the metrics. This requires managing overall product, including execution and delivery by a specialized team that is at the center of Amazon Store. One day you may be contributing to key documents, and another you may be leading sprint planning for your team, or general product prioritization and execution. Next, you may be plugged into an important operational issue that is impacting the health of the Store, influencing your team to make the best decision for the customer in the moment.

- 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

- 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.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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.