Software Development Manager, Advertiser Growth Engine (AGE - ACS)

Amazon; New York (NY); On-site; USD 166,000 - 288,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a passionate Software Development Manager to lead a dynamic team focused on innovative localization solutions for advertisers. This role offers the chance to shape the culture and design of the team while solving complex problems that drive the company's core business strategy. The ideal candidate will possess a strong technical background, excellent problem-solving skills, and the ability to inspire and mentor engineers. Join a collaborative environment where your contributions will directly impact the success of advertising campaigns across various marketplaces, breaking down language barriers and enhancing user experiences.

Benefits

Medical Benefits

Equity Options

Sign-on Bonuses

Flexible Work Hours

Career Development Opportunities

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Manage engineering teams to deliver innovative localization solutions.
• Partner with scientists on Machine Learning projects.

Skills

Engineering Team Management

Software Development

Problem Solving

Communication Skills

Technical Leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Web Services

Machine Learning

Software Development Life Cycle

Job description

Software Development Manager, Advertiser Growth Engine (AGE - ACS)

Job ID: 2961922 | Amazon Advertising LLC

The Advertiser Growth Engine Advertising Localization (AdLoc) team provides localization services for Advertisers, Marketers and Internal Amazon teams. We are focused on building processes and systems that deliver high quality localization at scale, both internally (engineering and marketing teams across Ads) and externally (Advertisers).

We have a strong culture of innovation, solving problems in creative ways. Our localization services are backed by state of the art ML Models and a team of talented linguists enabling us to deliver high quality localized content for our customers. We have launched Video and text localization solutions and are actively expanding our capabilities to support voice overs, audio and enhancing our text localization capabilities using LLMs and enhancing video localization capabilities using in-painting. We support integrated localization experience which our customers leverage to launch their advertising campaigns across different marketplaces, despite the language barriers. Additionally, we are responsible for launching ads into new marketplaces in partnership with retail.

We are looking for a Software Development Manager (SDM) with a strong sense of ownership and a passion for delivering creative solutions for complex problems on an unprecedented scale. This leader will own multiple products (mix of greenfield and non-greenfield) supporting the localization needs of our advertisers. You will manage the team engineers, have an opportunity to shape the culture and organizational design, lead the teams towards solving complex problems that would be "firsts" for Amazon, and partner close with scientists on Machine Learning in the areas of text, image and video localization. This is an opportunity to come in at the ground floor for what has become a core part of the overall Amazon business strategy.

The ideal candidate will strive for simplicity, demonstrate creativity, high judgment, ability to inspire people, and set the high bar of engineering quality and execution. This opportunity requires excellent technical, problem-solving, and communication skills. The candidate is not just a policy maker/spokesperson but drives to get the right things done. At the core of the position is delivery, qualified candidates have strong experience in building, launching and operating technology products at scale.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

1. 3+ years of engineering team management experience
2. 7+ years of working directly within engineering teams experience
3. 3+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
4. 8+ years of leading the definition and development of multi tier web services experience
5. 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
6. Experience partnering with product or program management teams

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

1. Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior leadership to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategy
2. 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 opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $166,400/year in our lowest geographic market up to $287,700/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit this link.

This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.