Software Development Manager III, FaST

The FaST (Fashion Subsidiary Tech) Payments team provides customers with preferred payment methods, order processing, and payment processing across Amazon's F2 (Fashion & Fitness) subsidiaries. We leverage best-in-class technology; analyze and iterate existing and new opportunities, and scale them to continually improve the customer experience.

As SDM of the Payments team, you'll own critical services that impact every customer of our sites, work directly with stakeholders, and guide projects from ideation to implementation. You will directly support our internal stakeholders, ensuring we build them the right functionality at the right times.

Come to work with us and help define the next generation experiences for the fashion-obsessed

Work/Life Harmony
Our team puts a high value on work-life harmony. Our team is located on-site in Madison, WI. We generally keep core in-office hours from 9am to 5pm, M-F.

Join us at FaST (Fashion Subsidiaries Tech) as we raise the bar for what customers expect in their payments experience

Mentorship & Career Growth
Our team is dedicated to supporting new team members. We're building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship at all levels.

Key job responsibilities
This role requires high ownership to set and evolve roadmaps, plus the skills needed to deeply understand a challenging tech stack and collaborate with senior engineers. You will manage a 2 pizza team, providing coaching and guidance to SDEs.

About the team
Our team is intentional about attracting, developing, and retaining amazing talent from diverse backgrounds. Yes we do get to work on really cool services, but we also think a big reason for that is the inclusive and welcoming culture we try to cultivate every day. We're looking for a new teammate who is enthusiastic, empathetic, curious, motivated, reliable, and able to work effectively with a diverse team of peers; someone who will help us amplify the positive & inclusive team culture we've been building.

- 3+ years of engineering team management experience
- 7+ years of engineering experience
- 8+ years of leading the definition and development of multi tier web services 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
- Bachelor's degree

- 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

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit for more information. If the country/region you're applying in isn't listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

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. For more information, please visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

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