Software Development Manager, Amazon Selection and Catalog Systems

Amazon; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Software Development Manager for their Selection and Catalog Systems team in London. You will lead engineering efforts to enhance the largest selection online, translating business needs into innovative technical solutions. The role requires strong leadership, problem-solving skills, and a deep understanding of software development.

Benefits

Work in an innovative and diverse environment

Opportunities for mentoring and coaching

Comprehensive health and benefits packages

Qualifications

• Experience in leading teams and managing engineers.
• Knowledge of software development life cycle and engineering practices.
• Experience designing or architecting systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Software Engineers to innovate and solve problems.
• Design and deliver solutions that expand Amazon's catalogs.
• Work with teams globally to implement technical requirements.

Skills

Engineering practices

Web services

Team management

System design

Problem-solving

Job description

Software Development Manager, Amazon Selection and Catalog Systems

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Description

Amazon.co.uk opened its doors in October 1998, and strives to be the world's most customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything that they might want to buy online.

Description

Amazon.co.uk opened its doors in October 1998, and strives to be the world's most customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything that they might want to buy online.

The Selection Contribution Platform team (SCP) owns the systems that deliver a key part of that vision – we build the systems that allow Amazon to carry the largest, highest quality and most up-to-date selection in the world.

As a member of SCP, you will play a key role in building Amazon’s business. You will solve technical challenges in web-scale computing, distributed systems, web applications, data mining, machine learning, optimization, scalability, availability and algorithms to name a few. Working with business teams to translate their needs into technical requirements you will build systems that meet challenging business and technical goals with Amazon efficiency so we can deliver great pricing to our customers. You will directly interact with Amazon’s Development teams across the globe, to design and deliver the best solutions to grow Amazon in being earth’s most customer-centric company!

Opportunity

To meet these challenges, we are looking for a passionate Software Development Manager to lead a team of excellent Software Engineers. We’re looking for someone who innovates, loves solving hard problems and never takes no for an answer. Our engineers are some of the best software developers in the industry, who work hard, have fun and make history.

With a broad technology and management toolbox you are able to develop the team and guide their technical implementations. You will lead the team to deliver robust solutions that drive ongoing expansion to Amazon's catalogs across our worldwide websites. Your solutions must be well designed, implemented, tested, deployed and supported. Your success will depend on your skills in understanding the big picture of Amazon's business and delivering incremental solutions contributing to the larger vision.

Basic 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
• Experience in leading the definition and development of multi tier web services
• Experience working directly within engineering teams
• Experience managing engineers
• Experience designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems
• Experience partnering with product and program management teams
• Experience in engineering
  
  

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
  
  

Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice (https://www.amazon.jobs/en/privacy_page) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.

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

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.


Company - Amazon Development Centre (London) Limited

Job ID: A3012007

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology, Consulting, and Engineering

• Industries

  Software Development

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