Software Development Manager

Were looking for a Software Development Manager to lead the TriPOD team within MOD Tech part of the Kindle Ingestion Experience (KIX) organization. TriPOD owns end-to-end content ingestion technology for Print on Demand (POD) across both Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) and Kindle Enterprise Publishing (KEP) serving independent authors and enterprise publishers worldwide. The team also owns the backend for Look Inside the Book (LITB) the feature that lets customers preview and search books on Amazon.

Key job responsibilities
As the engineering leader for TriPOD you will manage a team of 20 engineers across three squads (SPOON FoRK and KNIFE) plus support engineering and QA. Youll own the technical direction team health and delivery for systems that span content ingestion book metadata royalty processing accounting reporting and international marketplace expansion. You will partner closely with Product TPM and business leadership to set the teams strategy and ensure we continue to deliver the best publishing experience for authors and publishers globally.

A day in the life
- Lead coach and grow a team of SDEs
- Own the technical vision and roadmap for POD publishing infrastructure working closely with Product TPM and business stakeholders
- Drive operational excellence for systems that directly impact author/publisher revenue (royalty processing accounting payments)
- Partner with POD manufacturing systems fulfillment networks and financial/payments systems to ensure reliable end-to-end data flow
- Improve publishing workflows that pushes POD data to Amazon Detail Pages and catalog/inventory systems
- Champion best practices including code quality testing operational readiness and on-call health
- Collaborate with peer SDMs to align on org-wide technical strategy

- 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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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 San Luis Obispo - 184900.00 - 250200.00 USD annually