Software Development Manager Delivery Tech Prime Video

Prime Video offers customers a vast collection of movies series and sportsall available to watch on hundreds of compatible devices. U.S. Prime members can also subscribe to 100 channels including Max discovery Paramount with SHOWTIME BET MGM ViX PBS KIDS NBA League Pass and STARZ with no extra apps to download and no cable required. Prime Video is just one of the savings convenience and entertainment benefits included in a Prime membership. More than 200 million Prime members around the world enjoy access to Amazons enormous selection exceptional value and fast delivery.

Are you interested in shaping the future of entertainment Prime Videos technology teams are creating bestinclass digital video experience.
As a Prime Video leader you will be responsible for collaborating with multiple CDN partners and deliver technology solutions required to deliver stateoftheart experiences for our customers. Youll get to work on projects that are fastpaced challenging and varied. Youll also be able to experiment with new possibilities take risks and collaborate with remarkable people. Well look for you to bring your diverse perspectives ideas and skillsets to make Prime Video even better for our customers. With global opportunities for talented technologists you can decide where a career Prime Video Tech takes you!

We are looking for a talented Software Development Manager to lead the development and deployment of scalable automated Global Video Delivery Solutions (CDN capacity management video delivery services etc). We operate at Amazon scale where you will lead your team to design and deploy software that will benefit millions of customers globally. The ideal candidate is passionate about leading and building strong software engineering team. You are equally obsessed about delivering the best possible customer experiences. You lead the team in defining software architecture. You define and drive key performance and quality metrics for your team. You communicate effectively with engineers partners leaders and a broad set of stakeholders.
Customers love Prime Video and we have a great opportunity to innovate on behalf of our customers. Your ability to make an impact will be directly related to how big your vision is for the team!


Key job responsibilities
What youll do:

Define the longterm vision strategy and goals for your team
Hire manage and grow a team of software engineers including their projects performance and career growth
Clearly communicate project roadmaps with your team management and principal stakeholders
Collaborate with peers Product managers and Principal Engineers to deliver highly impactful projects.
Drive continual architectural improvements to the efficiency and flexibility of the platform while keeping an extremely high bar on customer trust performance and availability.
Argue for the right outcomes with data conviction and diplomacy

A day in the life
Working with the Product leader and your team leads to keep an eye on the implementation of strategic initiatives (CDN Capacity Management Feature development Reengineering for scale etc)

People management 1:1s with your team to keep a pulse on group morale subteam challenges

Strategic Meetings with Senior leadership (MBR QBR OP1 3YP Roadmap updates etc)

Update leadership on relevant program statuses.

Operations management review production metrics and dashboards to keep an eye on global video delivery for PV


About the team
Prime Video Delivery is the team responsible for orchestrating the best content delivery experience for Prime Video customers. Whether a request is for videoondemand or a live event we strive to have sufficient capacity available for customers so they have the highest quality viewing experience with zero buffering.

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
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

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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.