Software Development Manager, Tax and Account Compliance (TAC) Technology

Amazon; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,200,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon in Bengaluru, India, seeks a Software Development Manager to lead a high-performing team on Tax and Account Compliance Technology. You will shape strategy with product partners and drive delivery from concept through production, ensuring low latency and high quality.

Expect close interaction with senior leadership and a focus on scalable, compliant systems. You will mentor engineers, set technical direction, and maintain a high standard of code quality while enabling growth of future tech

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.
• Knowledge of software development life cycle, coding standards, code reviews, source control, build processes, testing, and livesite operations.
• Experience partnering with product or program management teams.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead teams of software engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and innovation.
• Drive architectural decisions and technical strategy for large-scale distributed systems.
• Oversee development of scalable, maintainable solutions for policy adherence and remediation platforms.
• Partner with Product, Program Management, and cross-functional teams to deliver customer-focused solutions.
• Lead strategic planning, resource allocation, and roadmap development.
• Drive stakeholder management and communication across multiple organizational levels.
• Mentor, coach, and develop engineering talent through structured career development plans.
• Create opportunities for team growth through technical challenges and leadership opportunities.
• Drive operational excellence through metrics, monitoring, and continuous improvement.
• Balance technical debt with feature delivery to maintain sustainable velocity.

Skills

Software leadership

Team management

Web services architecture

SDLC knowledge

Job description

We are the guardians of the Amazon galaxy. Our diverse team innovates on behalf of their customers to build a trusted marketplace through best-in-class registration, verification, and compliance products. With hundreds of millions of customers and sellers around the world depending on our products & services, our systems form the tip of the spear against bad actors. These actors might abuse Amazon products and undermine customer faith, so our success comes from identifying & removing them while delivering best-in-class compliance programs and customer experiences. Join a high-impact team at the forefront of global compliance innovation, where you'll shape how Amazon navigates complex regulatory landscapes across international markets. As we scale marketplace facilitator obligations across various jurisdictions, we're building the future of automated compliance—orchestrating real-time risk detection to catch sophisticated fraud patterns, and creating adaptive governance frameworks that stay ahead of evolving regulations.

As a Software Development Manager on the Tax and Account Compliance Technology team, you will be responsible for building and managing high-performing engineering team that develop innovative solutions to enhance our selling partners' experience and ensure policy compliance through technology. You work closely with product management and other business partners to define strategy and requirements, and lead development teams from concept through delivery and subsequent operation. You have regular communication with senior management on status, risks and product strategy. You have excellent listening, writing skills and very strong technical competency. You're a thought leader, but you don't just know how to solve the problem, you prove it by leading team to build the solution. Last but not the least; you have a high bar for code quality and passion for design and architecture. Your software never rests: it continuously monitors sellers & automates activity investigations with high availability, low latency, and impeccable quality. Your leadership will directly influence how millions of selling partners interact with Amazon's marketplace, ensuring trust and compliance while enabling business growth. You'll also play a vital role in developing the next generation of technical leaders at Amazon.

Key job responsibilities

• Build and lead teams of software engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and innovation
• Drive architectural decisions and technical strategy for large-scale distributed systems
• Oversee the development of scalable, maintainable solutions for policy adherence and remediation platforms
• Partner with Product, Program Management, and other cross-functional teams to deliver customer-focused solutions
• Lead strategic planning, resource allocation, and roadmap development
• Drive stakeholder management and communication across multiple organizational levels
• Mentor, coach, and develop engineering talent through structured career development plans
• Create opportunities for team growth through technical challenges and leadership opportunities
• Drive operational excellence through metrics, monitoring, and continuous improvement
• Balance technical debt with feature delivery to maintain sustainable development velocity

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

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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