Software Development Manager Iii Job in Amazon

DESCRIPTION

Amazon Customer Service Technology/Post-order Automation and Customer Engagement (PACE) technology team is looking for a Software Development Manager to lead a team of talented engineers that deliver cutting edge software and services to influence the experience of millions of Amazon customers. PACE team owns and manages Self Service products that focus on reducing effort for Amazon customers, Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered, automated customer communication channels that help solve customer issues, transactional communication across channels and Smart Routing and prediction frameworks where we use data to pre-empt customer issues, address them pro-actively and dynamically connect them to the best equipped associates.

The SDM role requires excellent leadership skills, strong technical expertise and hands-on project management skills. Along with demonstrable tech chops you should be able to solve complex technical problems and design robust, scalable solutions.
You are an ideal candidate if you have a solid track record of hiring and leading teams of software development engineers to design and deploy in an agile manner.
Additionally, the SDM will assist in roadmap planning, staff training and development.


What Youll Do:
Lead a team of software engineers responsible for the design, development, and testing of the Amazon Customer Service Tech solutions
Advise and consult with other SDMs and Senior Engineers on design and architecture
Hire and mentor software engineers and actively participate in their career development
Evaluate and recommend new and emerging products and technologies
Be a proactive contributor to projects that develop new intellectual property

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

7+ years of relevant engineering experience
3+ years of people management experience, managing engineers
Experience in partnering with product and program management teams


BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent
7+ years experience planning, designing, developing and delivering large, highly available applications, with a strong focus on scalability
5+ years experience managing a team in a software development organization that delivered commercial software or software-based services
3+ years hands-on experience with Java, Python, or another OO language
Significant experience with Service Oriented Architecture
Proven leadership skills and teamwork skills as well as demonstrable experience guiding and mentoring software engineers

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

10 + years experience planning, designing, developing and delivering software, including highly scalable systems as well as extensive experience with service-oriented architecture
7 + years experience managing, owning technical roadmap, focusing on making strong hires and developing junior engineers.
3 + years hands-on experience with Java/Python technologies and associated frameworks