Software Development Manager, Ads Marketing

Amazon; Toronto; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Amazon as a Software Development Manager in Ads Marketing, where you'll lead innovative projects that impact millions of advertisers. This role involves managing engineering teams, driving architectural decisions, and developing scalable solutions. If you're ready to make a significant impact in a fast-growing area, we want to hear from you!

Qualifications

• 3+ years of engineering team management experience.
• 7+ years of working directly within engineering teams.
• 8+ years of leading the definition and development of multi-tier web services.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of large-scale initiatives through collaboration.
• Drive architectural decisions for Ads storefront and foundational services.
• Develop long-term technical strategy based on business goals.

Skills

Engineering team management

System design and architecture

Technical judgment

Data-driven decision making

Stakeholder collaboration

Job description

Software Development Manager, Ads Marketing

Want to be part of Amazon's transformative Ads Marketing technology? Excited about building scalable solutions that impact millions of advertisers worldwide? Ready to innovate in the realm of personalized content, training, and advertising insights? If so, we want to hear from you!
Join us in revolutionizing how Amazon connects with advertisers. Our Advertiser Growth Tech (AGT) team is at the forefront of innovation, developing technology that drives advertiser growth, understanding, and success on Amazon Ads.
We're seeking a dynamic and customer-obsessed Software Development Manager to lead the charge in designing, developing, and maintaining highly scalable distributed services for Ads Marketing org. As a key player in our organization, you'll partner with PMs, TPMs, Scientists, and Engineers to shape the future of Ads Marketing technology.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

* Toronto, ON, Canada


Key job responsibilities
* Lead the delivery of large-scale, high-impact initiatives through direct reports and cross-functional collaboration.
* Partner with stakeholders and senior leadership to develop product strategies, roadmaps, and detailed requirements for our marketing tech platform.
* Drive architectural decisions and influence the development of complex features for Ads storefront and Amazon Ads Academy as well as foundational services such as a CDP.
* Bring strong, data-driven business and technical judgment to decisions, assessing risks and creating the right sense of urgency for delivery.
* Define mechanisms to optimize team output and collaboration within the team and with partners.
* Develop the team's long-term technical strategy based on our business goals and emerging challenges
* Hire and develop top talent, manage both high and low performers, and foster an entrepreneurial spirit within the team.

If you're ready to make a significant impact in one of Amazon's fastest-growing and most strategic areas, we want to hear from you!

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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