Software Development Manager III - SEO

Job description

DESCRIPTION

Do you want to take an active role in shaping the future of movies, television, and digital video? Do you want to define the next generation of how and what Amazon customers are watching? Are you prepared to take on manual and partially automated business processes and replace them with high-velocity AI enabled services?

Amazon is seeking a Software Development Manager to lead development of the Global Customer engagement team. You will lead a development team that interacts with marketing and data scientist teams. Our team researches and builds channels through which we engage and stay connected with our customers, such as dynamic video ads, personalized e-mail recommendations, and social media. The services we build rely on leading edge machine learning techniques to learn about our customer needs and to match them with a wide array of video content. In short, we have exciting challenges in an industry that’s doubling in size every year, and you can be a part of it.

Amazon physical and digital businesses have an incredible wealth of data on customer behavior across dozens of product categories including customer taste in books and music. With IMDb, an Amazon.com company, we also have ready access to the world’s largest movie and TV database. This platform will leverage the data along with machine learning solutions to personalize our communications with each customer, exposing them to exclusive content and advanced features available through Amazon Video. We’re investing heavily in building the #1 recommendation engine in the entertainment industry, developing insightful customer intelligence that brings astounding precision to marketing communication. This initiative is at the heart of the organization and recognized as the innovation that will allow us to develop a unique conversation with each customer.

The right candidate will have a track record of building services that combine data and algorithms in innovative ways to deliver compelling products. Our systems run at massive scale, boast four 9s availability and snappy response times. The right candidate will bring experience in building services that can leverage ML solutions at comparable scale. The role also demands collaboration with business, product, engineering and Machine Learning Science leaders across Amazon to leverage and share integration with datasets, algorithms and features. The right candidate will demonstrate a track record in translating business requirements into solutions that leverage advanced algorithms and machine learning to deliver fully automated marketing systems.

If you are ready to truly make an impact on a product that interacts with millions of people around the world, including your own friends and family, then we would love to talk to you.

Amazon is an Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer - Minority/Female/Disability/Vet

Desired profile

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

· BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field
· 7+ years of demonstrated results in software development including design and implementation
· Technical leadership experience, with direct software engineering experience strongly preferred.
· Proficiency in at least one modern programming language such as Java, C++, C#, or Python
· Two plus years of large scale distributed system design and development experience
· Strong track record of hiring and developing software engineers with a passion to develop great people
· Excellent written and verbal communication skills
· Attention to detail, organization, problem solving and multitasking skills
· Technical aptitude and demonstrated ability to work in a cross-functional environmentStrong bias for action and a "get it done" attitude