Software Development Manager, Alexa Devices

1 week ago


Seattle, Washington, United States Amazon Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Software Development Manager to lead our team of engineers in developing the Alexa Presentation Language (APL) framework. As a key member of our organization, you will be responsible for architecting and developing the technical designs and approaches for our UI framework, working closely with engineers and collaborating with a diverse customer base to understand requirements and priorities.

Key Responsibilities
  • Bring innovative ideas to the table to find better ways of accomplishing customer objectives.
  • Foster a culture of continuous engineering improvement through mentoring, feedback, and metrics.
  • Hire, coach, and mentor individuals to build a strong cross-functional organization.
  • Create, prioritize, communicate, maintain, and execute roadmaps, project plans, and commitments.
  • Manage the overall software development life-cycle.
  • Work closely with engineers to architect and develop the best technical designs and approaches.
  • Collaborate with a diverse customer base to understand requirements, priorities, and processes.
  • Have the obsession to drive a better customer experience through everything that we do here at Amazon.
Requirements
  • 3+ years of engineering team management experience.
  • 7+ years of working directly within engineering teams experience.
  • 3+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience.
  • 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.
Preferred Qualifications
  • 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.
About Amazon

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $166,400/year in our lowest geographic market up to $287,700/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.



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