Software Development Manager, CreativeX, Creative Intelligence and Optimization

Amazon; New York (NY); On-site; USD 203,000 - 275,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon's CreativeX RAPID team seeks a Software Development Manager to lead the Creative Intelligence and Optimization efforts. You will drive delivery plans, mentor engineers, and own the architecture of mission-critical services in a fast-paced Agile environment.

You will collaborate with Ads engineering teams to scale real-time personalization using ML, DL, and distributed systems, shaping impactful ad experiences for brand advertisers nationwide.

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

• Develop and execute project plans and delivery commitments; Manage the day-to-day activities of the engineering team within an Agile/Scrum environment.
• Manage departmental resources, staffing, mentoring, and enhancing and maintaining a best-of-class engineering team.
• Own operations of the service as a mission-critical system.
• Work closely with the engineers to architect and develop the best technical design and approach. Be a hands-on technical leader and contributor.
• Report on status of development, quality, operations, and system performance to management.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Staff mentoring

Architecture design

Project management

Java/C#/C++

Service-oriented architecture

Distributed systems

SDLC

Product-management collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Math

Tools

Java

C#

C++

Job description

Software Development Manager, CreativeX, Creative Intelligence and Optimization

Job ID: 10552528 | Amazon.com Services LLC

The CreativeX RAPID (Real-time Ad Personalization & Insights Development) team is seeking passionate and talented Machine Learning Engineer (MLE) to join us. CreativeX is on a mission to enable brands of all sizes and categories to create, serve, measure, and optimize creative content with ease. Our team is responsible for tailoring the visual experience of ads to each context in real-time, leveraging nouvelle technologies such as latent diffusion models, large language models (LLM), reinforced learning (RL), computer vision, and related methods.

Our mission is to provide engaging, dynamically optimized creatives with low latencies both on and off Amazon for self-service brand advertisers. We automate the customization of product creatives with real-time catalog data while providing advertisers with the flexibility to customize their creatives according to their preferences.

Key job responsibilities

• Develop and execute project plans and delivery commitments; Manage the day-to-day activities of the engineering team within an Agile/Scrum environment.
• Manage departmental resources, staffing, mentoring, and enhancing and maintaining a best-of-class engineering team.
• Own operations of the service as a mission-critical system.
• Work closely with the engineers to architect and develop the best technical design and approach. Be a hands-on technical leader and contributor.
• Report on status of development, quality, operations, and system performance to management.

A day in the life

The product and engineering team partners with other Ads engineering teams to work on initiatives which has big impact on entire Amazon Advertisement. The team has responsibility from defining the intake Order Management Process including workflow for building in-house and 3rd party creatives, providing the CRM capability to Sales and Account management, working with Demand Side Platform (DSP) and Ad server for execution, providing the data for financial report and billing systems, integrating the AD moderation capability at different phases of Ads and detecting the post execution Ad issues.

Basic 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

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

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, NY, New York - 203,400.00 - 275,200.00 USD annually