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Description
Do you want to take the best e-commerce platform in the world to the next level ? Work on latest AWS technologies to build software that scales for millions of users? Are you a leader with proven track record ? Looking for a career at a company that seeks to be Earth’s most customer-centric company? If so, meet Amazon. Over the past 20 years, Amazon has reinvented on behalf of customers and has become the largest internet retailer and marketplace in the world. Through our entrepreneurial culture, Amazon has developed new technologies and products (like Echo) and, enterprise services (like Amazon Web Services). Are you passionate about enabling millions of customers around the world to buy anything, anywhere, anytime? Are you Interested in earning loyalty and trust of millions of shoppers world-wide? Do you want to take the best e-commerce platform in the world to the next level? Are you comfortable digging into business requirements as drilling into architecture with development teams?
As a Software Development Manager, you will be highly talented team of Engineers in WW Deals and Promotions. You will be part of the larger technical leadership community at Amazon. This community forms the backbone of the company, plays a critical role in the broad business planning, working closely with senior executives to develop business targets and resource requirements, influences our long-term technical and business strategy, helps us hire talented team of engineers and ultimately enables us to deliver innovative new solutions rapidly.
Key job responsibilities
Build a high performance team while maintaining a high bar for quality.
Hire, coach, and mentor colleagues; build a strong cross-functional organization and care about developing people.
Create and execute roadmaps and project plan
Report on status of development, quality, operations, and system performance to senior leadership.
Work closely with senior engineers to architect and develop the best technical design and approach
Foster culture of continuous engineering improvement through mentoring, feedback, and metrics
Own all operational metrics and support
Have the obsession to drive a better customer experience through everything that we do here at Amazon
Set clear, measurable quality goals for your organization in a data-led way
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Seattle, WA, 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 $148,000/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. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.