Director of Software Development, Workforce Solutions

Amazon Jobs; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global technology company is seeking a Director of Software Engineering in Edinburgh to lead architectural vision and streamline employee lifecycle management processes. The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in software engineering, experience leading teams, and excellent communication skills. Key responsibilities include engaging with customers to drive innovative product strategies and developing scalable solutions. This role offers an opportunity to significantly impact the organization’s talent acquisition processes and improve technology capabilities.

Qualifications

• Multiple years software engineering experience as a leader of other leaders.
• Strong business acumen and ability to align technology strategy with organizational goals and customer needs.
• Experience operating in complex international/global organizations.

Responsibilities

• Drive architectural and design choices for scalable solutions.
• Develop distributed services and build a world-class team.
• Engage with customers and shape innovative product strategies.

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or equivalent

Job description

Overview

Workforce Solutions own the technology that powers Amazon's global hiring and internal mobility processes for Talent Acquisition organizations. We are seeking a Director, Software Engineering to lead the architectural vision and delivery of solutions that streamline employee lifecycle management and career mobility. These are the essential systems that process millions of workforce transactions annually and directly impact Amazon's ability to efficiently match talent to opportunities. These solutions support our hiring velocity, optimize internal mobility, and enable us to deliver customer-centric workforce solutions in Talent Management.

You will lead teams of software engineers, technical product managers, and technical program managers to deliver capabilities that engage millions of candidates and empower thousands of Amazonians who drive the recruiting process. You will work closely with senior team leads to influence the long-term business strategy and to develop innovative technology strategies that fuel business goals, including lowering cost per hire, increasing candidate conversion, improving recruiting velocity, and elevating hire quality. You will work closely with internal customers, science teams, and partners to build capabilities. You will work with tech peers to define and execute product roadmaps. You will bring a continuous improvement mindset to the mechanisms and practices that enable engineering excellence and world class feature delivery. You must be customer obsessed and insist on the highest standards for operational excellence including service quality, performance, security, and scalability.

This role can be located in Edinburgh (preferred) or London.

Key responsibilities

• As a leader on this team, you will drive architectural and design choices, invent new features, develop distributed services, and build a scalable, adaptable solutions.
• We have a team culture that encourages innovation and we expect engineers and leaders alike to take a high level of ownership for the product vision, technical architecture and project delivery.
• Successful candidates will be high-bandwidth leaders who can cut through the noise, relentlessly simplify, deliver results, and build great teams.
• You will hire and grow a world-class software engineering team responsible for rethinking the assumptions.
• You will draw from your deep and broad technical expertise to hire and mentor engineers, complete hands-on technical work and provide leadership on complex technical issues.
• You will manage and be responsible for delivering some of our most strategic technical projects at the brink of scale and with a significant bottom line impact on our business and competitive position.

A day in the life

A typical day involves engaging with customers, shaping innovative product strategies that anticipate customer needs, driving key technical architecture and design decisions, executing mechanisms to inspect and improve engineering and operational excellence, resolving impediments and toil that create friction for teams, coaching employees and leaders to advance individual and team growth.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or equivalent, or experience with development in a distributed systems environment
• Multiple years software engineering experience as a leader of other leaders
• Strong business acumen and ability to align technology strategy with organizational goals and customer needs
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Experience operating in complex international / global organisations

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