Software Development Manager, Inbound Simulation

Amazons supply chain is a critical piece to Amazons retail business. At Supply Chain Optimization Technologies (SCOT) teams are working on optimizing the end-to-end inbound supply chain by identifying bottlenecks and gaps in existing systems.

SCOT Simulation is the trusted Digital Twin of our supply chain working autonomously with other Inbound systems to predict future network states and inventory flows validate new feature rollouts in IPC production systems while also enabling capacity control and operational planning. Simulation is at the heart of Inbound Systems enabling automated decisions helping scientists and engineers to innovate on and experiment with improvements to our systems and network.

SCOT Simulation is a large scale near-real time ASIN level forward looking Monte Carlo discrete event simulation of Amazons supply chain that predicts buying behavior and inventory flows across the network. The system simulates over 400MM items worldwide (across NA EU FE and IN networks) using a distributed task worker system within horizontally scalable fleets with a peak capacity of 100000 compute instances per stack. Simulation uses discrete events to model Amazons supply chain 17 weeks into the future - Among others there are events for Buying Arrivals Transfers & Customer Orders.

As an SDM in Simulation you will be responsible for modernizing our high throughput low latency simulation systems as we work to make our systems reliable and scalable through Reinforcement Learning (RL) Based inventory policies. You will solve unique and complex problems at a rapid pace utilizing the latest technologies to create solutions that are highly scalable. You will design and develop product features building for scale efficiency and differentiated customer experience.

Were looking for candidates that are passionate about building software solutions end-to-end have strong software development experience delivering at scale solutions and systems design skills. You should have a demonstrated ability to deliver end customer facing features with high quality. You will be involved in all phases of Software Development life Cycle from scoping requirements requirement analysis design development test CI/CD security implementation and operational excellence with the ability to work cross-functionally as well as with Product Managers business stakeholders and other tech teams through the actual launch of the project.

Come join us in building the future of amazon supply chain!


Key job responsibilities
Your role as a Software Development Manager will be to bring your expertise in people management and technical leadership to design and build systems that will improve our customer experience. The right candidate will thrive in a fast-paced ambiguous environment with interactions across a wide variety of supply chain systems and demonstrate competence in multiple fields and skill sets. The responsibilities include: defining and driving multi-year technical vision driving successful projects working with multiple stakeholders developing a high performing engineering team ensuring high quality deliverables oversee architecture and design decisions building relationships with existing and potential internal customers working with Product Managers to define product roadmaps etc.

Check out this short video for more on SCOT then apply: 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

- 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 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.