Senior Software Development Manager

Amazon.com Services LLC; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon in Seattle seeks a software development leader to guide a team building and operating scalable systems that affect customer experience. You will own the strategic direction of the software portfolio, define roadmaps, and partner across the organization to solve complex technical challenges.

You will mentor engineers, drive architectural decisions, and balance short-term delivery with long-term planning.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of engineering team management experience.
• 7+ years of engineering experience.
• 8+ years of leading the definition and development of multi tier web services experience.
• 1+ years of providing technical leadership and project management for all aspects of the software development lifecycle experience.
• 1+ years of developing large-scale, multi-tiered distributed software systems using Java, C#, or C++ experience.
• 1+ years of developing large-scale, multi-tiered distributed software systems using service-oriented architecture experience.
• 1+ years of developing large-scale, multi-tiered distributed software systems using distributed programming experience.
• 5+ years of Software Engineer, Software Developer, or related occupational experience.
• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
• 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

• Lead a software development team through the full software lifecycle - design, implementation, testing, deployment, and maintenance - while owning the one-to-two-year strategic vision for your team's systems and products.
• Define and maintain product roadmaps by working backwards from customer problems, making transparent tradeoffs on sequencing and resourcing, and aligning priorities with organizational goals through the planning process.
• Develop, coach, and grow engineers at multiple levels by creating collaborative development plans, providing actionable feedback, and building a pipeline of future technical leaders within your team.
• Drive system design and operational excellence by partnering with engineers to establish architecture standards, evaluate tradeoffs across scalability, maintainability, and performance, and ensure your services meet high quality and reliability bars.
• Communicate effectively through written narratives and cross-team discussions to advocate for your team's charter, influence peer roadmaps, and earn alignment on technical and business decisions.

Skills

Team management

Engineering experience

Distributed systems

Java/C#/C++

SOA

Project leadership

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Math

Job description

Amazon in Seattle seeks a software development leader to guide a team building and operating scalable systems that affect customer experience. You will own the strategic direction of the software portfolio, define roadmaps, and partner across the organization to solve complex technical challenges.

You will mentor engineers, drive architectural decisions, and balance short-term delivery with long-term planning.