Software Development Manager, Ring

Ring is looking for a Software Development Manager responsible for leading a team of engineers working on the development and production of products focusing on safety and security based connected products including sensors networking back-up systems connected accessories for security cameras doorbells and outdoor floodlight cameras. This teams work directly impacts millions of Ring customers worldwide.

A successful candidate will have strong technical skills excellent project management skills great communication skills people management skills and motivation to achieve results in a fast-paced environment.

You will work closely with our device engineering team globally as well as cloud and mobile teams. You must be responsive and able to succeed within an open and collaborative peer environment.

Key job responsibilities
- Own software development and QA end to end.
- Work closely with engineers to architect and develop strong technical designs.
- Execute against project plans and provide timely delivery of committed results.
- Manage day-to-day activities of the engineering team within an Agile/Scrum environment.
- Manage department resources staffing and mentoring.
- Build enhance and maintain engineering team.
- Work closely with engineers to architect and develop strong technical designs.
- Report on status of development quality operations and system performance to management.
- Maintain and enhance software framework.


A day in the life
The successful candidate will have an enormous opportunity to make a large impact on products used every day by customers around the world.

Your work is very hands-on and multi-disciplinary. You will be working closely with vendors engineers and product teams. You will write documents lead reviews and discussions mentor and develop your team while driving cross-functional collaboration make critical technical decisions and help build up your teams capabilities.

About the team
Rings mission is to reduce crime in neighborhoods. Ring is committed to offering smart security solutions that are dependable and reliable. You will be part of a fast-paced team that is passionate about delivering innovative solutions to complex problems.

Our goal is to deliver the most reliable and performant security devices that makes our customers feel Always Home.

- Experience in engineering team management
- Experience working directly within engineering teams
- Experience designing or architecting (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems
- 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
- Experience delivering products against plan in a fast-paced multi-disciplined distributed-responsibility and often ambiguous environment
- Bachelors degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science Engineering Mathematics or a related field
- Strong knowledge in one or more of the following areas: (i) Camera and Computer Vision technologies; (ii) Video and audio streaming; (iii) Low power or battery power systems design; (iv) Embedded system design; (v) System architecture design for consumer devices with connectivity (WiFi BLE); (vi) Programming skill include C/C; and (vi) motion sensor technologies.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees supervisors and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees supervisors and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal state and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct adverse and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies exercise sound judgment effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism and safeguard business operations and the Companys reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at CA Sunnyvale - 212700.00 - 287700.00 USD annually