Software Development Manager (L6), Content Sourcing

We are looking for a highly motivated, top notch leader with both business and technical acumen. This role requires deep technical expertise, excellent leadership skills, and strong business judgment. You will define the vision and technical roadmap, while satisfying scalability, reliability and performance goals. You will be responsible for deploying services globally, delivering an exceptional customer experience, providing thought leadership in a fast-paced development environment, and partnering with product management and senior leaders to ensure the success of this program, while solving broad industry challenges.

Key job responsibilities

- Recruit and develop top talent to achieve the team's objectives.

- Establish and steer the team's long-term vision.

- Manage resource allocation to meet both business objectives and career development targets.

- Participate in strategic planning to achieve technical and business goals.

- Collaborate closely with engineers to design and implement optimal technical designs and strategies.

- Ensure project timelines are met, prioritizing tasks and managing team workload effectively.

- Foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement within the team.

- Maintain close collaboration with cross-functional teams to align software development with overall company goals.

- Monitor and ensure adherence to quality standards and best practices in software development.

- Provide regular performance feedback and career development guidance to team members.

A day in the life

As a Software Development Engineer, you will have the opportunity to influence, invent, and design system architecture. You will be responsible for building the best customer experience, keeping latency, security, and usability in mind. You will interact with Product Managers and Designers and convert their vision into a technical solution. You will collaborate with other engineering leads on best practices and set examples by using them in solutions that you build.

The ideal candidate is clearly passionate about new opportunities and has a demonstrable track record of success in delivering new features and products. A commitment to team work, hustle, and strong communication skills (to both business and technical partners) are absolute requirements. Creating reliable, scalable, and high performance products requires exceptional technical expertise, a sound understanding of the fundamentals of Computer Science, and practical experience building large-scale distributed systems.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience

- 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience

- 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience

- Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- 5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience

- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

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 $151,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $261,500/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.

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