Software Development Manager People eXperience and Technology PXT

We are the People eXperience Technology (PXT) responsible for providing the software products that 1.5 million Amazonians use daily to manage their career and that of their teams find information when they need it and remain connected to life at Amazon. We build products based on the latest AWS and thirdparty technologies powered by data insights machine learning and smart automation. At PXT we serve Amazonians through a humancentered design approach to technology innovation with the goal of supporting Amazons mission to be Earths best employer.

You will be joining the A to Z team within PXT. A to Z serves as the ingress for PXT (People Experience and Technology) applications. It offers both a mobile app and a web interface catering to different employee needs. A to Z streamlines employee experiences by offering a unified userfriendly interface for essential workrelated tasks and information.

In this role as a Software Development Manager and a tech leader you will manage a team of talented Software Engineers who are working on executing the A to Z vision. You will regularly interact with the product team as well as other tech teams as you design and deliver state of the art technologies to evolve our product. Youll work in a fast paced environment and will be required to lead not only at the strategic level but also tactically daytoday by diving deeply into business and technical domains. As a multidiscipline leader the buck will stop with you for your team.

To accomplish this you will be expected to have an established background in technology excellent project and people management skills great communication skills and a motivation to achieve results in a fast paced environment. You should be somebody who enjoys working on breadth (large scope) software is customercentric and feels strongly about building good software as well as making that software achieve its operational goals. Experience with building and operating mobile and webbased applications and/or web servicesbased applications with focus on compliance and security will be very applicable and helpful.

Are you passionate about developing products that scale and perform at high availability using AWS technologies Do you have the customer obsession to build experiences serving hundreds of thousands of Amazon employees daily If so come build with us!

Key job responsibilities
Responsible for the endtoend design development test implementation of complex problems including planning risk tradeoffs.
Guide and ensure quality of architectural decisions across products and teams.
Work with customers technical staff business leaders to define and deliver complex features.
Identify and pursue opportunities for integrations across the org and outside to deliver excellent value to customers.
Help establish the longterm success strategy for your systems development best practices and operational excellence processes.
Provide technical direction and mentor team members.

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 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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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $166400/year in our lowest geographic market up to $287700/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on jobrelated knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity signon 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.