We are looking for a Software Development Manager who will be highly quantitative, have great judgment and passion for building a great customer experience, be inventive, and have a strong track record of delivery. You also have a pragmatic approach and iterative approach to building software: you have an ability to simplify and get things done with a demonstrated track record of building and delivering software and working effectively with external and internal teams. The expansion plan has opportunity to work with different AB teams which will give you broad exposure to AB along with career growth.
Some info about this opportunity:
- The role has high potential growth that has opportunity to work with Sr. Engineering leadership (PE, Sr. SDE and Sr. Managers) across AB, consumer Prime and Marketing.
- The scope of the work spreads across multiple portfolio of products and services. It gives opportunity to get broader knowledge and experience of Amazon (buying experience, seller experience, Customer Acquisition, Account Management etc.).
- Proactively identify and resolve technical risks and issues that may impair the team's ability to meet strategic or technical goals.
A day in the life
Have a look to these two articles to learn about the day in the life of SDMs at Amazon Business:
1. Meet Noelia: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/qa-noelia-software-development-manager-amazon-madrid-fernandes-u50ge/?trackingId=o1M0vIAIQSq01K3EIj6bmg%3D%3D
2. Meet Anannya:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/qa-anannya-software-development-manager-amazon-madrid-fernandes-sqwle/
About the team
Amazon Business (AB) represents an incredible opportunity to address a vast new market segment and customer base for Amazon. AB is one of Amazon’s fastest growing businesses in Amazon’s history, available in 10 countries, serving over 5 million customers worldwide and generating over $25B in annual revenue. We are focused on building solutions that solve the unique needs of business customers of all types and sizes from SMB to the biggest companies in the world. We are not stopping there and setting ambitious goals for our expansion launching in multiple marketplaces annually. It comes with the challenge of not only working across org but coming up strategy for our go-faster goal. We want people who are willing to roll up their sleeves and push hard to help us achieve those goals and have the perseverance to push through the inevitable obstacles.
- 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 managing engineers
- Experience in leading the definition and development of multi tier web services
- Experience partnering with product and program management teams
- Experience in engineering- 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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