Software Development Manager TMT - Search

Amazons Automated Marketing Experiences technology team is building the Internets largestscale Search Marketing system. The team is responsible for a scaled high availability system and the algorithms that automatically generate target measure and optimize tens of millions of search engine ad placements. The ad placements include Text ads Product image based Shopping Ads. We routinely solve challenges related to large scale distributed systems and web services. We manage a continuously growing portfolio of advertisements while maximizing returns through bidding efficiency and discovery of new keywords products and revenue opportunities. Advanced technology and algorithms including statistical modeling machine learning and data mining are the core of our business. Search Marketing drives a large portion of Amazons business and represents a unique opportunity to drive impact on the companys bottom line. With essentially full ownership of our own product road map there is a large R&D component to our work and strong engineering skills together with sound business understanding and an appetite for innovation are highly valued.

The ideal candidate for our team is a thinker and a doer: someone who loves sophisticated algorithms and mathematical precision but at the same time enjoys leading teams to implement real systems and is motivated by the prospect of multimillion dollar business returns. As the Software Development Manager (SDM) on the Search Marketing team you will hire and lead the group of Software Development Engineers responsible for developing the technology to optimize tens of millions of search engine ad placements as customer search for Amazon products on search engines. As the leader of the team you will own the technical direction for the team and you will be leading key projects from ideation all the way to deployment. You will be working closely with both technical and business leaders to fulfill your mission.


Key job responsibilities
Responsibilities
Hire manage mentor and grow a high performance team of Software Engineers
Provide technical expertise and leadership throughout product life cycles influence software engineers best practices for your team and own operational metrics
Work with business leaders and product managers to define product requirements.
Prioritize communicate maintain and execute road maps project plans and commitments
Work with engineers to define technical requirements and architect and execute bestinclass implementations in agile manner
Build and maintain worldclass customer experience and operational excellence for your deliverables.



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
Bachelors degree

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.