The Creators organization at Amazon is looking for an experienced Software Development Manager to lead one of our core engineering teams, and help us re-imagine social shopping! The Creator Events team is custodians of truth for all creator-related events, capturing every significant action from both creators and customers. Our mission is to consume, consolidate, store, and vend all creator-relevant event data, serving as the crucial link between upstream Amazon teams and downstream creator-focused initiatives.
Amazon and Associates Program are growing at an incredible rate. To keep up with that growth we must continually innovate to define and build different ways to compensate and reward our creators. We are launching new products, processes, economic models to test different compensation/payment strategies, and are seeking experienced, results-oriented leaders, who can use big data, and analytical techniques to deliver scalable solutions for business problems. As a Software Development Manager, you will lead an engineering team that designs, develops, tests, and deploys new customer facing technology products with our largest manufacturing customers. We are looking for a highly motivated, top notch leader with both business and technical acumen. You will have the opportunity to build, scale and shape the direction of this business. This role requires deep technical expertise, excellent leadership skills, and strong business judgment. You will be responsible for services that can be deployed globally, delivering an exceptional customer experience, provide thought leadership in a fast-paced development environment, and partner with product management and senior leaders to ensure the success of this program, while solving broad industry challenges.
If you enjoy dealing with high ambiguity, complexity and broad scope that will be at the epicenter of Amazon's social shopping efforts, come join us!
Key job responsibilities
Lead E2E architecture, design, implementation, support, and evaluation of technology-focused tools and services.
Provide leadership and innovation in the design and implementation of services to enable new products and services.
Evaluate complex business and technical requirements, and communicate inherent risks and solutions to technical and non-technical business owners.
Act as point of contact for communications dealing with project deliverables, setting the expectation, managing priorities, technologies, human factors and management issues.
Establish consistence project management processes, standards and guidelines in the execution of program wide security efforts. Engage enterprise wide teams as needed with focus on results.
Effectively hire, develop and manage performance
A day in the life
In this pivotal role, you'll collaborate with a diverse team of stakeholders, software engineers, data scientists, and product managers to develop and deliver cutting-edge, globally deployed solutions. Your expertise will be crucial in tackling complex challenges and creating scalable, high-quality products that meet the evolving needs of our worldwide user base. You'll be at the forefront of innovation, leveraging advanced technologies and methodologies to drive product excellence. Your responsibilities will include architecting robust systems, optimizing performance, and ensuring seamless integration across multiple platforms.
About the team
We're revolutionizing how content creators worldwide earn and engage. Our mission? To make Amazon the ultimate platform for commerce creators globally. We offer innovative solutions, from small bloggers to major influencers, leveraging cutting-edge technology and data-driven insights. You'll be part of a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment with big-company resources, tackling complex challenges that shape the future of affiliate marketing. Our end-to-end ownership means endless opportunities for innovation and growth. Help us empower creators, delight customers, and stay ahead in the ever-evolving digital landscape. Your ideas can impact millions – are you ready to think big?
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.