Software Development Manager - ML-Driven Ad Creative

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

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.