Amazon.com

Software Development Manager

Posted on: 15 Feb 2021

Sunnyvale, CA

Job Description

DESCRIPTION

Do you want to build the next generation of purchasing platforms powering Amazon's global retail business? Want to work with smart, dedicated engineers? Looking for opportunities that will help your career?

If so then this is the role for you!

At the heart of Amazon.com's tremendous selection, world class shopping experience and fulfillment is the Ordering team. The software we write and the systems we own power the ability to order anything from a pin to a piano with the click of a mouse! Every aspect of Amazon's retail business interacts with our systems. We're the hub of Amazon's massive, worldwide service-oriented architecture and we power millions of orders everyday.

As a software development manager within the e-Commerce Service Group at Amazon you will lead a team delivering the next generation of e-Commerce solutions that drive Amazon retail purchasing.

The successful candidate will drive the planning, design, development, testing, deployment and operations for massively scalable services that power the worldwide Amazon retail experience. You will work with product and engineering leaders across the company to continuously improve the ordering platforms that power the consumer purchasing experience.

You must possess strong planning and organizational skills, and have excellent verbal and written communication skills. You will be self-driven and take pride in delivering high quality results in a fast paced environment.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

7+ years of experience in software management, or similar technical leadership roles
7+ years of experience with software development lifecycle from conception to delivery
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent professional experience
Excellent technical and people management skills.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Excellent ability to coordinate and contribute to the design of systems within program space to include limitations, scaling, boundary conditions, and architectural decision making process

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Experienced in delivering products against plan in a fast-paced, multi-disciplined, distributed-responsibility and often ambiguous environment
Proven experience in managing large scale enterprise projects
Solid foundation in understanding service oriented architecture and service inter-dependencies that drive technical solutions for multi-tiered systems
Experience solving challenging engineering problems with multiple constraints
Experience managing the lifecycle of a complex cross-functional program with considerable impact

Amazon.com

Seattle, WA

Amazon.com, Inc. engages in the retail sale of consumer products and subscriptions in North America and internationally. The company operates through three segments: North America, International, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) segments. It sells merchandise and content purchased for resale from third-party sellers through physical stores and online stores.

The company also manufactures and sells electronic devices, including Kindle e-readers, Fire tablets, Fire TVs, and Echo devices; provides Kindle Direct Publishing, an online service that allows independent authors and publishers to make their books available in the Kindle Store; and develops and produces media content.

In addition, it offers programs that enable sellers to sell their products on its Websites, as well as their own branded Websites; and programs that allow authors, musicians, filmmakers, skill and app developers, and others to publish and sell content. Further, the company provides compute, storage, database, and other AWS services, as well as compute, storage, database offerings, fulfillment, publishing, digital content subscriptions, advertising, and co-branded credit card agreement services.

Additionally, it offers Amazon Prime, a membership program, which provides free shipping of various items; access to streaming of movies and TV episodes; and other services. It serves consumers, sellers, developers, enterprises, and content creators. Amazon.com, Inc. has a strategic partnership with Volkswagen AG. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

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