Software Development Manager, CreativeX Ad Formats

Amazon Advertising operates at the intersection of eCommerce and advertising offering a rich array of advertising solutions with the goal of helping our customers find and discover anything they want to buy. We help advertisers reach Amazon customers on Amazon owned and operated sites other high quality sites across the web and on millions of Fire TVs tablets and mobile devices. We start with the customer and work backwards in everything we do including advertising. If youre interested in joining a world-class advertising team with a relentless focus on the customer youve come to the right place!

Smart TVs and Streaming Media Players are everywhere. Our goal at Video Advertising is to create a better user experience on these devices while helping advertisers reach their target audience at scale. Our services have differentiated assets in our consumer & audience insights and exclusive content which position us well for the future. We are looking for passionate hard-working and talented individuals to help foster nascent ideas into scalable products and launch them on a variety of streaming platforms.

Key job responsibilities
- As a Software Engineering Manager you will be responsible for leading a strong team of engineers to innovate and deliver software that powers the Streaming TV Ads.
- Work backwards from the customer to invent new solutions and to improve existing software.
- Work with the product and technical leaders to define the product direction and roadmap.
- Create vision and execution documents. Insist on the high bar for technical documentation and the quality of the developed software.
- Perform hands-on code reviews and other technical deep dives to ensure the right thing is being built and delivered to customers.
- Hire coach and mentor software engineers.

About the team
Our team delivers outsized performance for Streaming TV (STV) ads by augmenting the STV ad stream with information actions and full funnel experiences that help increase viewers attention and engagement. We build consumer experiences that attract advertiser investment and connect entertainment with line with this vision we are focusing on 1) STV ad augmentation inventing new personalized customer experience that feature key information to viewers and 2) Interactivity addressing opportunities to deepen viewers engagement with STV ads.

- 3 years of engineering team management experience
- 7 years of engineering 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.