Software Development Manager III, Amazon Business Payments Tech

Own the design architecture development testing deployment and delivery of large-scale multi-tiered distributed software applications systems platforms services or technologies using Java service-oriented architecture and distributed programming. Provide technical leadership and project management for all aspects of the software development lifecycle for distributed software systems. Build manage and develop a team of engineers provide mentoring and manage resource allocation. Lead design reviews for engineers and drive feedback on architecture and design issues. Participate in strategic planning to achieve technical and business objectives and define technical direction.

Key job responsibilities
Responsible for the overall platform development life cycle
Management and execution against project plans and delivery commitments
Manage the day-to-day activities of the engineering team within an Agile/Scrum environment
Management of team resources hiring mentoring and enhancing and maintaining a world class engineering team
Work closely with the engineers in a design-first methodology to architect and develop the best technical design and approach that embodies Operational Excellence
Partnering with software development and design teams to deliver on product and services roadmap.
Lead automation efforts for a team advancing a service ownership culture.
Accountable for identifying commonalities across reported customer incidents and drive root cause efforts to understand and resolve these problems.
Driving projects that improve support-related processes and managing Operational cost in running the systems.

A day in the life
As a Software Development Manager you will be part of the larger technical leadership community at Amazon. This community forms the backbone of the company plays a critical role in the broad business planning working closely with senior executives to develop business targets and resource requirements influences our long-term technical and business strategy helps us hire talented team of engineers and ultimately enables us to deliver innovative new solutions rapidly.

About the team
We offer a fun inclusive environment to work in with a strong team identity and culture and a clear mission to help enterprise/small businesses grow and thrive. We encourage innovation and a high level of ownership throughout the software life cycle.

- 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
- Experience designing or architecting (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems

- 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

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