The Shopping Cart is a foundational element of nearly all online shopping. At its core Cart is a collection of items that a customer intends to purchase and because the customer personally added these items they have an affinity for Cart as my gathering place on Amazon. Customers also use Cart as an extension of their shopping process to compare items budget their purchase or save items for later consideration. We serve millions of daily customers worldwide across all devices and enable business teams within Amazon to innovate on behalf of customers.
What we do
We own and operate full stack technology to serve all Amazon Cart customers worldwide and support hundreds of builders to innovate in Cart on behalf of customers. We build and improve the customer experience based on customer insights business analytics and strategic investments to resolve customer pain points and support the constantly expanding selection of product and programs available on Amazon. We ensure our systems are always available to provide customers the same delightful experience during peak traffic events.
Key job responsibilities
* Own systems responsible for Cart experience and associated technology to support Cart facing features on the Amazon store worldwide
* Establish and execute short and longterm architecture roadmaps for the business
* Manage a development team focused on building and accelerating customer facing innovation
* Hire and manage performance for direct reports of Software Development Engineers
* Improve efficiency and reliability of the Cart system to ensure customer trust performance and availability during peak traffic events
* Engage with internal business teams to establish and build strong relationships to accelerate the innovation for customers across all business programs
* Represent the technical team to senior leadership across the company through written and verbal communication
About the team
We encourage collaboration across the disciplines within Cart. You will have the opportunity to work closely with product managers UX designers and business intelligence engineers to innovate measure analyze and then refine the experiences we deliver to millions of customers across the planet on a daily basis.
As part of the Cart team you will have a strong drive for results great interpersonal skills and be eager to collaborate in a fastpaced environment.
3 years of engineering team management 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 recruiting hiring mentoring/coaching and managing teams of Software Engineers to improve their skills and make them more effective product software engineers
Experience in communicating with users other technical teams and senior leadership to collect requirements describe software product features technical designs and product strategy
Experience managing frontend technology and customer experience team.
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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.