DESCRIPTION
Are you interested in being part of a fast paced technology company offering the next generation of online payment systems and services? Amazon.com, a Fortune 500 company based in Seattle, Washington, is the global leader in e-commerce.
Our Payments group is looking for a motivated individual to join our Payments Experience Technology team in Seattle, Washington. The selected candidate will act as a Technical Program Manager, working with software teams designing and developing software solutions with an emphasis on enabling rapid integration and zero/low cost feature expansion for clients of the Payments services within Amazon. This wide-ranging role has exciting opportunities all the way from front-end UI elements to back-end high throughput, high availability services and database components.
We are seeking sharp, talented, and energetic TPM's to help us meet our ambitious objectives.
Amazon is an Equal Opportunity Employer
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
5+ years of technical program management experience
7+ years of experience working directly with engineering teams
Experience managing projects across cross functional teams, building sustainable processes and coordinating release schedules
Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related field, or 5+ year relevant work experience
Computer Science fundamentals in algorithm design, problem solving, and complexity analysis
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Experience building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers
Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
Ability to take a project from scoping requirements through actual launch of the project
Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and management to collect requirements, describe software product features, and technical designs.
Familiarity with Javascript, Jquery or similar beneficial
Experience in UI design or User Interaction is beneficial
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.