Software Development Manager, Amazon World Wide Groceries

Do you enjoy solving difficult problems Do you enjoy being creative and innovating on behalf of your customers making their lives better Then you should probably read on...

The Software Development Manager role within Under-The-Roof Technology (UTRT) will provide you with an opportunity to lead a team of Amazon engineers who obsess over making Amazons fulfillment business a best in world solution. In particular UTRTs Brisbane based engineering teams own the critical process of outbound fulfillment planning. The features you build have direct impact on customers lives and drive down the costs in fulfilling customers orders. You will work with scientists and engineers to optimize under the roof processes reducing costs and improving quality. You will experiment with new ideas turning the successful ones into full production systems whilst failing fast and learning from those which are not.

As a Software Development Manager you will work with passionate Product Managers Software Development Engineers and business stakeholders to define build and operate features for customers across the globe. You own the development of your strategic vision. You will hire and develop a diverse team to deliver upon your vision. You will manage the day-to-day tactical execution of your team delivering customer features and operating your services. You will dive deep into both customer experience and operational metrics to identify areas where you can improve the experience for your customers.




Key job responsibilities
- You will work Product Managers and Principal Engineers to define the technical strategy for your team and lead its delivery.
- You own the tactical day-to-day delivery of results
- You own the operational excellence of your services
- You own the hiring of your team the development of their careers and management of their performance.

About the team
Our teams obsesses over improving the efficiency of outbound fulfillment. We obsess over increasing the efficiency of our associates who follow these processes. We impact the customer through quicker higher quality order fulfillment and impact the business by driving down operational costs. We solve difficult problems every day and have fun doing so in an inclusive diverse team who support each other along the way.

- Experience partnering with product and 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
- 5 years of leading development of applications backed by AWS services or using other cloud based technologies and services experience
- 8 years of working directly within engineering teams 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 in communicating with users other technical teams and senior leadership to collect requirements describe software product features technical designs and product strategy

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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 job-related knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity sign-on 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.