Software Development Manager, Region Flexibility Engineering

Amazon; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 171,000 - 287,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech company in Metro Vancouver is seeking a Software Development Manager to lead a new team focused on software architecture and product development. You will guide team members, define strategic direction, and improve developer experiences across the organization. Ideal candidates will have 4+ years in engineering management. Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits provided.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of engineering team management experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead team to solve problems in software architecture.
• Define strategy and prioritization for the team.
• Influence product design and architectural direction.

Skills

Engineering team management

Software architecture

Cross-team collaboration

Job description

Overview

As a software development manager on the Region Flexibility Engineering team, you will play an essential role in building the software services, frameworks, and components at the forefront of Amazon's service-oriented architecture. You will be integral in shaping the direction of our team, how we use state-of-the-art technologies to influence the way thousands of engineers interact with our products. You will be empowered to define the goals, strategy, roadmap and success metrics for this brand new team.

Responsibilities

• Lead your team to solve intriguing problems in software architecture with highly scalable solutions, guiding your team in choosing the right technologies
• Define the strategy, prioritization and engineering roadmap for your team & influence across
• Directly influence your team’s product design and architectural direction while collaborating with different teams across the company
• Hire and develop the industry’s best talent to build highly collaborative and functional teams
• Identify opportunities and implement innovative solutions to improve developer experience for thousands of teams at Amazon

A day in the life

In this role, you will manage products and programs and deliver through a highly collaborative team that you help build. You will partner closely with senior leaders across Amazon, and frequently influence their programs & product roadmaps. One day you may be contributing to strategy documents, and another day developing your engineering talent. You will also regularly improve product operational metrics and drive operational excellence initiatives that measurably improve your team’s productivity and job satisfaction.

About the team

The Region Flexibility Engineering organization supports the rapid global expansion of Amazon's infrastructure. Our products support all Amazon businesses like Worldwide Stores, Alexa, Kindle, and Prime Video. We drive adoption of ever-evolving and state-of-the-art AWS and non-AWS technologies, and work closely with AWS teams to improve AWS public offerings. Our organization focuses on robust and scalable solutions that are simple to use and are delivered utilizing engineering best practices. We leverage and build foundational infrastructure capabilities, tools, and datasets that enable Amazon teams to delight our customers.

Basic Qualifications

• 4+ years of engineering team management experience

Preferred Qualifications

• 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

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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The base salary for this position ranges from $171,400/year up to $286,200/year. Salary is based on a number of factors 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. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.