Software Development Manager

Job description

DESCRIPTION

Join us on our mission to once again revolutionize the way the world shops. We are the Amazon Physical Stores Software team, responsible for building and operating the commerce software services which run stores like Amazon Go, Amazon Books, Amazon 4-star, and Amazon Pop-Up. Amazon Go, with its “Just Walk Out” technology is already a game-changer for retail, and we're just getting started.

We have an opportunity for a Software Development Manager to lead the team responsible for software systems which serve and manage product pricing data. These systems must be highly available and reliable, and have a path for scaling as we rapidly deploy new stores, as well as adding new feature areas. The team works closely with point-of-sale, checkout, inventory, digital shelf tags and more, so we're looking for a leader who, in addition to owning their team and systems, can partner with and influence the wider organization and solve complex problems across systems. Our organization is growing fast—there is plenty of scope to grow your abilities, technical and leadership skills, and take on larger challenges. In true Amazon fashion, we need people who: think big, insist on the highest standards, deliver results, hire and develop the best, and show great ownership and customer obsession.

Learn more about our stores at:
https://www.amazon.com/b?node=16008589011
https://www.amazon.com/find-your-store/b/?node=17608448011

Desired profile

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Holds a BS degree in Computer Science, or equivalent.
- Has 7+ years' experience building and running highly available and reliable production software services.
- Has led a successful DevOps-style software engineering team for at least 3 years.
- Has scaled software systems architecture in the face of rapid traffic growth, while also considering development time, quality and operating costs.
- Has 4+ years' experience as a professional software/systems engineer and can read, write and debug software code using an object-oriented programming language.
- Shows rapid responsiveness to assess and solve service issues, whenever they occur, to address both the immediate issue and to solve long-term root causes.
- Promotes operational quality and maintainability within their own team and with partner teams.
- Thinks to the future to define, build and communicate the architectural roadmap for their systems.
- Develops high standards for code correctness, quality and design with their team.
- Works with product managers and engineers to set product direction, estimate work effort, plan release timelines, then leads the team to deliver work on schedule.
- Takes the lead in creating and maintaining partnerships with other teams, to set and achieve shared goals.
- Coaches and develops the skills and careers of their employees.
- Conducts performance evaluations of employees.
- Recruits, interviews and onboards new employees.