Software Development Manager

- 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
- 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

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USA, WA, Seattle - 184,900.00 - 250,200.00 USD annually
The Featured Merchant Algorithm (FMA) team provides the world’s best offer evaluation experience, ensuring that Amazon customers see the best and most relevant offers for any product at any point in their shopping journey. We are the authority on Featured Offers across Search, Product Detail Page, Homepage, and 50+ widgets. We drive 99% of all units purchased on Amazon WW, serving 5.4MM requests per second.

This is a highly visible high impact position where you will shape the software architecture and directly influence the shopping experience for Amazon customers.

Key job responsibilities
- Lead a high performing team of 10 engineers, transforming the most visible and high impact tier-1 service with AI native development
- Lead the AI development initiatives
- Own the technical strategy and delivery of complex 0-1 programs
- Define team charter, vision, and roadmaps
- Own operational excellence for the team's systems, ensuring high availability and low latency
- Collaborate with partner teams across Amazon and influence them to deliver value for our customers

About the team
Work/Life Balance We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.