Software Development Manager Amazon Payment Products

Would you like to be a part of a technology team that enables one of the most profitable businesses at
The Amazon Payment Product team is responsible for developing the platform and applications used to introduce new and innovative payment methods to customers as well as support Amazons global CoBrand and Private label credit cards along with the worlds largest rewards catalog Shop with Points. The technology we build and operate varies widely ranging from large scale Distributed Engineering incorporating the latest from Machine Learning in the Big Data space to customer and mobile friendly User Experiences. We are an agile team moving quickly in collaboration with our business to bring new features to millions of Amazon customers while having fun and filing new inventions along the way. If you can think big and want to join a fast moving team breaking new ground at Amazon we would like to speak with you!

Our mission is to develop the most customer centric cobranded credit cards in the world. We innovate on behalf of our customers by partnering with business financial partners and internal teams in Amazon. We engineer business solutions to help our customers get unrivalled value out of their cards on the Amazon websites.

We are looking for a passionate resultsoriented inventive Software Development Manager. As the development manager youll lead a talented and nimble team of engineers. Your responsibilities include direct management of 8 engineers process and quality of service improvements strategic planning project management for software within the team and management of resources across teams. Successful candidates will be strong leaders who can prioritize well communicate clearly and have a consistent track record of delivery. The business requires creative engineering balanced with high quality and customer focus.


Key job responsibilities
Hire motivate mentor and grow a highperforming engineering team providing them with appropriate opportunities to succeed in their career objectives.
Collaborate with crossfunctional teams: Work effectively with product managers and software engineers on other Commerce Platform teams to ensure the successful delivery of features.
Ensure timely of key organizational goals and customer launches by removing blockers and reducing risks.
Work closely with the leadership team to provide input on OP1 roadmaps and strategic discussions.
Develop the longterm strategy for your programs and translate that into an achievable road map/action plan
Be deeply involved with engineers to architect and develop the best technical designs and approaches.
Build operational excellence to reduce lead times and maintain the operations of critical services.
Manage the daytoday activities of the engineering team within an Agile/Scrum environment
Clearly communicate technical decisions and progress to both technical and nontechnical audiences.
Report on status of development quality operations and system performance to management

Professional traits that are not unique to this position but necessary for Amazon leaders:
Exhibits excellent judgment
Hires and develops great people
Has relentlessly high standards (is never satisfied with the status quo)
Is able to dive deep and is never out of touch with the details of the business or the technology
Expects and requires innovation of her/his team
Has passion and convictions and the innate ability to inspire passion in others
Strong results orientation
Thinks big


A day in the life
As an SDM in Amazon Payment Products org you will lead a highperforming engineering team collaborate with crossfunctional team of PMs TPMs Designers. You will also directly work with external finance partners and deliver the bestinclass payment products for Amazon customers.

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

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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The base salary for this position ranges from $171400/year up to $286200/year. Salary is based on a number of factors 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. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.