Software Development Manager, Amazon Creators

The Creators organization at Amazon is seeking an experienced Software Development Manager to lead one of our core engineering teams and help reimagine social shopping. We own the Associates and Influencer programs across Amazon with a mission to become Earths most desired destination for commerce creators worldwide and their content. As we scale rapidly we must continually innovate to define and build new ways to compensate and reward our creatorsfrom capturing creator-driven events and applying the right incentives to orchestrating earnings systems and ensuring timely accurate payouts while maintaining compliance standards.

As a Software Development Manager you will lead an engineering team that designs develops tests and deploys customer-facing technology products. This role requires deep technical expertise excellent leadership skills and strong business judgment. Youll be responsible for globally deployed services that deliver exceptional customer experiences while solving broad industry challenges.

If you thrive in high-ambiguity environments and want your work to directly impact a fast-growing business with global reach join us in building the future of creator commerce at Amazon!

Key job responsibilities
As an experienced Software Development Manager with proven leadership expertise you will:
- Lead end-to-end architecture design implementation support and evaluation of technology-focused tools and services
- Provide leadership and innovation in designing and implementing services that enable new products leveraging your deep technical expertise
- Evaluate complex business and technical requirements communicating inherent risks and solutions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders using strong business acumen
- Serve as the primary point of contact for project deliverables managing expectations priorities technologies and technical decisions across cross-functional teams
- Establish consistent project management processes standards and guidelines across program-wide initiatives
- Hire develop and manage high-performing engineering teams effectively with a results-oriented mindset
- Thrive in high-ambiguity environments balancing technical and business priorities while driving customer impact at scale


A day in the life
Youll collaborate with diverse stakeholderssoftware engineers product teams business partners and marketingto deliver complex high-quality scalable products deployed worldwide. Youll be at the forefront of innovation architecting robust systems optimizing performance and ensuring seamless integration across multiple platforms. Your expertise will be crucial in tackling complex challenges that meet the evolving needs of our global user base.

About the team
Were revolutionizing how content creators worldwide earn and engage. From small bloggers to major influencers we offer innovative solutions leveraging new technology and data-driven insights. Youll work in a fast-paced entrepreneurial environment with big-company resources tackling complex challenges that shape the future of creator commerce. Our end-to-end ownership means endless opportunities for innovation and growth as we empower creators delight customers and stay ahead in the ever-evolving digital landscape.

- 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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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 NY New York - 203400.00 - 275200.00 USD annually