Description

Are you a Software Development Manager with a creative flare, strong problem-solving skills, and the drive to build and ship products often with a solid computer science foundation. Come talk with us about joining our team. With us, you will be building cutting-edge applications and services in an environment of highly distributed systems. You will work hands-on with engineering, leadership, and Product Management teams to deliver results while fostering inputs and participation from all levels of the organization.

As the engineering team leader, you’ll work closely with local engineering staff and a team of experts to design and execute your team’s feature roadmap. You will have direct input into requirement definition, and will work closely with our customers, developers and product managers to define, develop and deliver new products and features. The ideal candidate is equally obsessed with delivering the best possible customer experiences and leading and building strong teams. They define software architecture, communicating effectively with engineers, partners, leaders and a broad set of stakeholders. This leader can think long-term, advocate for strong engineering excellence, and bring in their own software development best practices as well as follow best practices from the broader development community in Amazon.

Key job responsibilities

You independently manage a development team. You are able to represent your team autonomously and require little guidance from your management about the long-term strategic direction for the software your team owns. You partner with your engineers and your leadership to define the tenets and vision for your team and systems.

You establish structures that enable your team to deliver large systems and/or complex software initiatives. You drive mindful discussions that lead to crisp decisions. You partner with your customers, your engineers, and other teams on what projects move forward and in what priority order. You are strategic about SDE growth, collaborating on project assignments that help them expand their skillset and demonstrate the skills needed to achieve the next level. You drive reasonable schedules and will readjust priorities to ensure the right customer, technology, and engineering outcomes.

You tackle ambiguous problems and proactively mitigate risks before they become roadblocks. You understand the products and systems your team owns, their limitations and reasons behind architectural decisions. You build a team that delivers successfully without you. You help your SDEs learn how to make smart trade-offs (e.g., time vs. effort vs. features). You support the adoption of high quality engineering practices.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Seattle, WA, USA

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 committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $148,000/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 https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.