Software Development Manager

Software Development Manager role in Amazon

We are looking for a Software Development Manager with a strong sense of ownership and a passion for delivering creative solutions for complex problems on an unprecedented scale. As part of leading a team of engineers, you will have the opportunity to create significant impact on our systems, our business and most importantly, our customers as we take on challenges that can reshape the e-commerce industry.

We are seeking someone who has strong technical, project and people skills with a can-do attitude and a focus on delivering high quality software. We move at a fast pace and deliver software iteratively using AGILE best practices and the latest technologies.

• Communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior leadership to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategy.
• Recruiting, hiring, mentoring/coaching and managing teams of Software Engineers to improve their skills and make them more effective product software engineers.

• Advanced understanding of engineering practices and development patterns.
• Proficient in source control management, build processes, testing, and live site operations.
• Strong experience partnering with product and program management teams.
• Skilled in communicating technical designs and product strategies across organizational levels.

• Hands-on, pragmatic problem solver.
• Thrives in fast-moving, ambiguous environments.
• Adept at balancing competing technical interests.
• Capable of driving engineering excellence.
• Experienced in recruiting, mentoring, and developing software engineering teams.

• 7+ years of comprehensive engineering experience.
• 3+ years of engineering team management.
• 8+ years of multi-tier web services development expertise.
• Proven capability in full software/hardware/networks development lifecycle management.

• 3+ years of engineering team management experience.
• 7+ years of engineering 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 live site operations.
• Experience partnering with product or program management teams.
• Experience designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems.

• 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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