Manager, Software Development, Private Brands

Amazon; Seattle, Northern (WA, KY); Hybrid; USD 185,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon in WA, Seattle seeks a Manager, Software Development for Private Brands. You will lead a team of engineers to translate requirements into scalable back-end services and GenAI solutions, overseeing design, development, testing, and deployment.

You will establish architectural roadmaps, collaborate with SDEs, PEs, and product managers, and focus on performance, documentation, and operations. This high-visibility leadership role offers broad business impact.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Manage development teams focused on creating the complex back-end systems and/or agentic solutions for customer-facing products
• Establish and execute short and long-term architectural roadmaps for the product
• Collaborate with SDEs, PEs, and engineering managers to develop the best technical and operational design, delivering value quickly to customers without sacrificing the long-term
• Design, refine and reduce the ongoing costs of operational processes.
• Be a guardian of world-class customer experience for your product: continually raise the bar on product performance, technical documentation, and availability and scale improvements.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Team management

Architecting software systems

Product/PM collaboration

SDE/PE collaboration

Job description

Manager, Software Development, Private Brands

Job ID: 10505456 | Amazon.com Services LLC

At Amazon, we're working to create the most customer-centric company on earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright, and driven leaders to help us build great customer experiences. Our Private Brands offer customers quality, at great prices and we are looking for a Manager, Software Development to help build new experiences and systems that will enable customers to discover and buy Private Brands products. We are an interdisciplinary team that leverages the strengths of engineers and scientists to build solutions for some of the toughest business problems at Amazon.

You will lead a team of engineers to translate business and functional requirements into concrete deliverables and user experiences, including the design, development, testing, and deployment of highly scalable distributed services and GenAI solutions. This is a unique, high visibility opportunity for a leader who wants to have business impact, dive deep into large-scale engineering problems, and hire and develop a large team.

Key job responsibilities

• Manage development teams focused on creating the complex back-end systems and/or agentic solutions for customer-facing products
• Establish and execute short and long-term architectural roadmaps for the product
• Collaborate with SDEs, PEs, and engineering managers to develop the best technical and operational design, delivering value quickly to customers without sacrificing the long-term
• Design, refine and reduce the ongoing costs of operational processes.
• Be a guardian of world-class customer experience for your product: continually raise the bar on product performance, technical documentation, and availability and scale improvements.

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of engineering team management experience
• 7+ years of working directly within engineering teams experience
• 3+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems 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
• Usage of generative AI tools to enhance workflow efficiency, with a willingness to learn effective prompting and evaluation practices
• Ability to recognize opportunities where generative AI could enhance products, workflows, or customer experiences

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.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits .

USA, WA, Seattle - 184,900.00 - 250,200.00 USD annually

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