Software Development Manager

• 7+ years of relevant engineering experience
• Experience in partnering with product and program management teams
• 3+ years of people management experience, managing engineers
• Master’s Degree in Computer Science or related discipline with 5+ years of experience; or Bachelor’s Degree with 7+ years of experience.
• 3+ years of experience leading a software development team through multiple product/platform releases.
• 4+ years of experience making significant individual contribution to real-world software development.
• Demonstrated proficiency with an object-oriented programming language; strong object-oriented design and algorithmic analysis background.
• Track record of developing engineers through various career stages and building high-performance teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a proven ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner to a variety of audiences.
• Experienced in using an iterative process such as SCRUM to deliver engineering projects; experience in continuous improvement to development process.

Are you interested in leading teams building secure, scalable & real-time distributed systems (from the ground floor up!) that will have the capability of handling trillions of transactions? In building low-latency systems that scale across every line of business within Amazon?!

If so, Amazon FinTech and PeopleTech might be right for you. Our systems not only pull instantaneous data, but give our C-level executives deep analytical insight into the data that enables them to do business better.
Amazon Financial Technology and People Technology Teams are looking for a strong technical leader who is results-oriented and driven to help us create the next generation of distributed, scalable systems deployed globally. Our ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment, relishes building high-performance reliable systems, and enjoys the challenge of highly complex business contexts that are typically being defined in real-time.

As a Software Development Manager, you will lead a team of engineers in design, development, test, and deployment of a critical set of services. You will make analytical data-driven decisions, apply your strong technical ability to audit and design systems, manage engineering projects and evangelize your team’s products and ideas. You will hire the best, mentor and develop your team. Manage and execute against project plans and delivery commitments. You will manage the day-to-day activities of the engineering team within an Agile/Scrum environment. You will report on status of work, quality, and operations, and system performance to management. You will be responsible for both development and operations of the services.