Position Details

Type Not Specified

Experience lead

Exp. Years 7+ years in engineering + 3+ in management

Education Not specified

Category Software Engineering

About this role

Software Development Manager for Amazon Transparency leads architectural decisions and delivery of scalable software systems and robust APIs. You will mentor engineers, conduct code reviews, and partner with product managers to shape roadmaps and ensure reliability at scale.

Key Responsibilities

Design and implement complex, scalable software systems and robust APIs
Mentor engineers, conduct code reviews
Make architectural trade-offs balancing business needs and technical constraints
Ensure system reliability, security, and scalability
Collaborate with cross-functional teams on requirements and roadmap execution

Technical Overview

Focused on Java, C++, Python with distributed systems and multi-tier web services. Responsible for architectural trade-offs, code quality, and production operations across large-scale services.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is an experienced software development manager with 7+ years in engineering teams, strong Java/C++/Python skills, and a track record of architecting distributed systems and multi-tier web services. They should excel at mentoring, collaboration with product teams, and driving roadmaps at scale.

Must-Have Skills

3+ years of engineering team management7+ years of working directly within engineering teams3+ years of designing or architecting (design patternsreliability and scaling) of new and existing systems8+ years of leading the definition and development of multi tier web servicesExperience partnering with product or program management teams

Nice-to-Have Skills

Experience in communicating with usersother technical teamsand senior leadership to collect requirementsdescribe software product featurestechnical designsand product strategyExperience in recruitinghiringmentoring/coaching and managing teams of Software EngineersMaster's degree

Tools & Platforms

GitJiraCI/CD toolsBuild systems

Required Skills

JavaC++Pythondistributed systemsmulti-tier web servicesAPIscode reviewssource control managementGitCI/CDarchitectural decisionsdesign patternslivesite operations

Hard Skills

JavaC++Pythondistributed systemsmulti-tier web servicesAPIscode reviewssource control managementGitCI/CDarchitectural decisionsdesign patternslivesite operations

Soft Skills

leadershipmentoringcommunicationstakeholder managementcollaborationproblem-solvingtime management

Industry & Role

Industry E-commerce

Job Function Lead the software engineering team to deliver scalable, reliable software at Amazon scale.

Role Subtype Software Development Manager

Tech Domains Java, Python, C++, APIs, Distributed systems, Git, CI/CD, Software development, Build systems, REST

Keywords for Your Resume

software development managertransparencyarchitectural decisionsdistributed systemsAPIsJavaC++Pythonmulti-tier web servicescode reviewssource control managementGitCI/CDbuild processeslivesite operationson-call rotationsproduct managementengineering managementdesign patternsteam leadershiparchitectural design

Deal Breakers

Lack of 7+ years engineering experience, No leadership/mentoring experience, No distributed systems or multi-tier web services experience

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