Software Development Manager, Fire TV Ambient and App Experiences

The Amazon Fire TV team is seeking a passionate results-oriented Software Development Manager to be part of the Ambient and App Experiences team. This role offers the opportunity to transform how millions of customers experience their televisions by reimagining what Fire TV does during idle momentsconverting a black rectangle into a beautiful useful and personalized screen in the home. The Ambient team delivers curated art collections family photos AI-generated art ambient scenes and proactive intelligence powered by Alexa creating an all-day device experience that extends far beyond traditional viewing.

As the Software Development Manager for this team you will drive the technical strategy and execution on Fire TV. This role requires a leader who can balance innovation with execution managing complex technical initiatives across device middleware and cloud services while building and inspiring high-performing engineering teams to deliver customer-obsessed experiences at scale.

You will drive key engineering and business decisions that impact Amazons long-term vision which includes rapid innovation in building better voice interfaces to the media and entertainment content that Fire TV customers love! We leverage technology in client-app frameworks big data machine learning optimization techniques and high availability services. Here on the Fire TV team we are dedicated to creating the most engaging entertainment platform for the whole family worldwide.

As a Software Development Manager you will be responsible for hiring and leading a team of engineers responsible for building high performing fluid applications that interact with large scale distributed this position you will partner with product managers project managers and other internal partners. A successful candidate will have an established background with strong technical ability excellent project management skills great communication skills and motivation to achieve results in a fast-paced environment.

The ideal candidate will be passionate about simple and elegant software solutions and focus on improving performance. The leader we are looking for will bring proven experience building managing and mentoring engineering teams.

In this role you will:
- Work with partner teams to deliver end-to-end solutions that delight customers
- Work closely with the engineers to architect and develop the best technical design and approach
- Instill best practices for software development and documentation assure designs meet requirements and deliver high-quality work on tight schedules
- Manage departmental resources staffing and mentoring and enhance and maintain a best-in-class engineering team.
- Prepare technical requirements and software design specifications
- Report on status of development quality operations and system performance to management

This is an enormous opportunity to lead the design architecture and implementation of products used every day by people you know.

- 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
- 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

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