Software Development Manager, Reference Pricing

This is a rare opportunity to lead the team that powers how Amazon communicates price value to hundreds of millions of customers worldwide. This is a strategic opportunity to own a foundational element of Amazons shopping experience.

About the Role: Were seeking an exceptional Software Development Manager to lead our Worldwide Reference Pricing team. Youll own the systems that compute and display reference pricesthe crucial anchor points that help customers understand the value of their purchases. Your work will directly impact customer trust and purchasing decisions across Amazons global marketplaces.

This role sits at the intersection of customer experience data science and large-scale systems engineeringoffering a unique opportunity to shape how millions of customers perceive value on one of the worlds largest e-commerce platforms.




Key job responsibilities
Your Impact:
- Own and evolve the core systems that compute reference prices including List Price and Typical price based on pricing data
- Lead the transformation of reference pricing into the AI-centric shopping era expanding from strike-through prices to communicating price quality across all products
- Build and mentor a team of engineers developing high-scale systems that aggregate and vend pricing data
- Partner with key internal teams (Promotions UX etc.) to create a cohesive customer experience that builds trust in Amazons pricing

A day in the life
What Youll Do:
- Drive technical strategy and roadmap for reference pricing systems used by millions of customers daily
- Lead architectural decisions for systems that process massive datasets of product pricing information
- Mentor and grow engineering talent while fostering a culture of innovation
- Collaborate with product research and UX teams to develop data-driven pricing communication strategies
- Expand reference pricing capabilities to support emerging AI-centric shopping experiences

- 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
- Experience leading teams that own big data pipelines

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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.