Software Development Manager , Your Orders

Socket.dev; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 185,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon in Bellevue, WA seeks a Senior Development Manager to hire and lead a team of engineers driving post‑purchase delivery experiences across 23 countries. You will partner with product, UX, and leadership to define strategy and ensure system resiliency and health.

You will mentor engineers, drive sprint rituals, and shape roadmaps with business partners, delivering scalable solutions that align with customer obsession.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of engineering team management experience.
• 7+ years of working directly within engineering teams.
• 3+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems.
• 8+ years of leading the definition and development of multi tier web services.
• 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

• Hire, lead and develop a high performing team of engineers which owns a set of services that power post purchase experience for Amazon across 23 countries.
• Strong abilities to partner with stakeholders across product, tech and other teams within Amazon Stores org that leverage our services and deliver on team/organization goals.
• Defining the strategy and product/technical roadmap.
• Maintain a high bar on resiliency and operational health of the systems owned by your team.
• Drive yearly and quarterly roadmap planning making right tradeoffs / judgment calls depending on the technical and business needs.

Skills

Team management

Leadership

Roadmap planning

Stakeholder collaboration

Multi-tier web services design

Software architecture

Mentoring engineers

Job description

Do you want to influence the experience of millions of customers? Do you want to work in a collaborative environment that impacts products from across the company? Our team owns and builds customer-facing experiences - Your Orders, Order Details which help us realize our mission of providing a perfectly executed, transparent, and flexible delivery experience that customers LOVE. Your solutions will provide the data needed to anticipate and resolve customer's questions before they are asked. At Amazon, we are known for our customer obsession.

As a SDM on this team, you will be responsible for hiring and leading a team of engineers in designing and building innovative delivery experience for our customers. You will work with a diverse, talented, experienced, tech, product, and UX team members. You will innovate to design simple but scalable solutions for problems never solved before that enforce Amazon's Customer Obsession. You will have the opportunity to work with business partners, senior leadership and engineers, influence and drive product vision and lead the design of our systems.

Key job responsibilities

• Hire, lead and develop a high performing team of engineers which owns a set of services that power post purchase experience for Amazon across 23 countries.
• Strong abilities to partner with stakeholders across product, tech and other teams within Amazon Stores org that leverage our services and deliver on team/organization goals
• Defining the strategy and product/technical roadmap
• Maintain a high bar on resiliency and operational health of the systems owned by your team
• Drive yearly and quarterly roadmap planning making right tradeoffs / judgment calls depending on the technical and business needs

A day in the life

• 1:1 with engineers in your team, stakeholders and leaders
• Participate in team rituals - Sprint planning, Daily stand up, Sprint demo, backlog grooming
• Monitor / improve operational health of the systems owned by your team - Ticket analysis, software risks
• Roadmap development working with product team and Senior engineers
• Mentoring and career development of engineers in your team Basic

Basic Qualifications:

• 3+ years of engineering team management experience
• 7+ years of working directly within engineering teams experience
• 3+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• 8+ years of leading the definition and development of multi tier web services experience
• 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 [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 [https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits].

USA, WA, Bellevue - 184,900.00 - 250,200.00 USD annually