As a Manager of Software Development, you will be responsible for leading a team of engineers in define, design, development, test, deployment and operation of large scale distributed systems targeted at financial intelligence and optimizing business operations. A successful candidate will have an established background in leading agile high performance teams, a strong technical ability to guide and coach, excellent project management and communication skills and a motivation to achieve results in a fast-paced environment. You will interface with our external customers to understand requirements and set the right priorities and direction. You will help develop long-term development roadmap and will own all operational metrics for your team’s software.
We are part of the Seller Partner Services and develop sophisticated profit intelligence solutions for the Amazon Consumer businesses, supporting deep dive analysis, vendor negotiations and business planning towards enhancement at the bottom line. Teams at Amazon make automatic profitability decision based on numbers produced by Profit Intelligence org.
If you have an entrepreneurial spirit, know how to deliver, are deeply technical, highly innovative and long for the opportunity to build pioneering solutions to challenging problems, we want to talk to you.
Key job responsibilities
- Responsible for the overall systems development life cycle
- Management and execution against project plans and delivery commitments; Manage the day-to-day activities of the engineering team within a fast paced Agile/Scrum environment
- Management of departmental resources, staffing, mentoring, and enhancing and maintaining a best-of-class engineering organization
- Work closely with your teams to architect and develop the best technical design and approach
- Report on status of development, quality, operations, and system performance to leadership and peers
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
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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.