Software Development Manager, Appstore Developer Experience, Appstore Developer Experience Team

Amazon; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Bengaluru seeks a Software Development Manager to lead the re‑building of Appstore’s developer experience, architect new APIs for 3P developers, and guide multi‑device platform initiatives across Fire OS, Vega OS, Fire TV and Tablets.

You will mentor 10+ engineers, shape the technical roadmap, and drive 99.99% reliability in testing workflows while partnering with product, BI, developer relations and external developers to deliver scalable and secure software solutions.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of engineering experience.
• 3+ years of engineering team management.
• 8+ years leading multi‑tier web services development.

Responsibilities

• Lead the team responsible for developer experience across Fire OS and Vega OS on TV, tablets, and multimodal devices.
• Build and maintain APIs enabling developers to test and submit apps to the store.
• Lead AI native PODs for swift development and cultural transformation of teams.
• Drive 99.99% reliable testing workflows and operations.
• Partner with product, BI, developer relations and external 3P developers.
• Mentor 10+ engineers working on distributed systems at Amazon scale.
• Shape the roadmap for next‑gen experiences on emerging Amazon devices.
• Solve challenges at scale, security, compliance, and user experience.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Team management

Web services design

APIs & distributed systems

Reliability & scaling

Job description

Description

Join our team to power Amazon Fire TV and Fire Tablets Appstore to enable millions of customers to discover, purchase, and enjoy digital content. As a Software Development Manager on the Appstore Developer experience team, you will lead the re‑building of Appstore’s developer experience. You will lead re‑building of net new APIs for 3P developer’s to manage their apps and games, web interface https://developer.amazon.com/apps-and-games and mobile app which is used by 1000’s of 3P developers serving millions of customers. You will lead re‑architecture of scalable software solutions and services, and will be part of technical leadership team of Amazon Appstore development center, India.

Key job responsibilities

Lead the team responsible for the developer experience on multiple OS like Fire OS and Vega OS across TV, Tablets and mutli-modal devices like Echo show

Build and maintain APIs that empower developers to seamlessly test their apps and submit them to store.

Lead AI native PODs for swift development and cultural transformation of teams.

Drive technical excellence in mission‑critical testing workflows that must deliver 99.99% reliability.

Partner with product, business intelligence, developer relations and external 3P developers.

Mentor and grow a team of 10+ talented engineers working on distributed systems at Amazon scale.

Shape the technical roadmap for next‑generation experiences on emerging Amazon devices.

Solve complex challenges at the intersection of scale, security, compliance, and user experience.

Basic Qualifications

• 7+ years of engineering experience
• 3+ years of engineering team management 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
• Experience designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems

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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