Software Development Manager, Direct Tax Technology

Are you passionate about building innovative solutions that revolutionize how tax processes are modeled executed and continuously optimized for speed and accuracy Join the Direct Tax Technology team where were tackling one of Amazons most exciting opportunities in the Tax Technology space. We are still Day 1 and have an exciting road map to build Generative AI (LLM) powered tools to help scale Tax professionals for years to come.
We are a team passionate about revolutionizing the experience for Direct Tax professionals across Amazon all while working with modern tech stacks that keep operational load minimal. Our mission is transformative: we are building nextgeneration Tax tools that will fundamentally change how Tax professionals manage Tax processes.
Amazon seeks an innovative capable and motivated individual to be a Software Development Manager (SDM) on the Direct Tax Technology team based in Hyderabad India. The role is responsible for ensuring the tax professionals of Amazons Global Tax Reporting and Compliance organization (R&C) are supported in their mission with worldclass technology and processes built on AWS.
As a Software Development Manager you will lead and build a team of worldclass software engineers. You and your team will drive product development and partner with other Amazon teams and businesses to deliver highly available and customerobsessed tools and services. This role is expected to lead by example to earn the trust of your team and customers.


Key job responsibilities
Manage tax technology challenges with scalable solutions delivered in a quickandnimble fashion
Manage and lead efforts that can involve multiple teams and deliver solutions with impact across the R&C organization
Be a trusted advisor to R&C customers and engage on projects with high degrees of complexity and business criticality.
Manage requirements design build and rollout solutions.
Lead initiatives with multiple stakeholders and manage the complexity of competing needs and timelines.
Support customers through reporting and compliance cycles mentoring troubleshooting and running processes as needed.
Understand the solutions we have today applying them where appropriate and inventing new capabilities when needed.
Own multiple processes and/or parts of our technology toolset providing subject matter expertise and mentorship
Listen to customers across the organization and expand our toolset to the benefit of all avoiding point solutions.


7 years of engineering experience
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 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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