Software Development Manager, Homepage

Socket.dev; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 184,900 - 250,200; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a leader to guide a team spanning engineering and science, translating allocation, opportunity-cost, and personalization models into scalable production systems for Amazon Homepage. The role focuses on automating and replacing manual curation with intelligent systems and owning the roadmap across related services.

You will recruit and mentor engineers and scientists and align stakeholders across Stores, Ads, Devices, and Prime Video to optimize Homepage space under demanding

Qualifications

• 3+ years of engineering team management
• 3+ years of designing or architecting scalable systems
• 7+ years of working directly within engineering teams
• 8+ years of leading the definition and development of multi-tier web services
• Experience with lifecycle practices including coding standards, reviews, source control, and live-site operations
• Experience partnering with product or program management teams

Responsibilities

• Lead a team spanning engineering and science, turning models into production systems for Homepage
• Own automation, campaign management, and content quality roadmaps
• Own hard technical decisions for services serving hundreds of millions of customers
• Grow the team and partnerships across Stores, Ads, Devices, and Prime Video

Skills

Engineering leadership

System design

Multi-tier web services

Cross-functional collaboration

Hiring & mentoring

Job description

When you open the Amazon app, the Homepage is the first thing you see. Our team decides what goes there, building the systems that allocate, personalize, and render this surface for hundreds of millions of customers, billions of times a day. We are rebuilding it from the ground up with science and automation.

You will lead a team that spans engineering and science, turning models for allocation, opportunity cost, and personalization into the production systems that run Homepage and replace manual curation with intelligent ones. If you want to lead the team that shapes how Amazon’s front door operates for years to come, we want to meet you.

Key job responsibilities

• Lead a team that spans engineering and science, turning allocation, opportunity-cost, and personalization models into the production systems that run Homepage.
• Replace manual curation with intelligent systems, owning the roadmap for automation, campaign management, and content quality (including the Campaign Hub and override management).
• Own the hard technical decisions for services that serve hundreds of millions of customers under tight latency and high traffic.
• Grow the team and the partnerships, recruiting engineers and scientists who work at the intersection of production systems and science, and aligning stakeholders across Stores, Ads, Devices, and Prime Video who compete for Homepage space.

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of engineering team management experience
• 3+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• 7+ years of working directly within engineering teams experience
• 8+ years of leading the definition and development of multi tier web services experienceli>
• 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, WA, Seattle - 184,900.00 - 250,200.00 USD annually