Software Development Manager, App Experience Delivery Tech, Prime Video

Amazon Prime Video is a premium on-demand and live streaming service that offers the greatest selection of content to customers: 1) unlimited access via a Prime subscription to over 40000 movies and TV episodes 2) a catalog of over 180000 titles that are available for purchase or rent a la carte 3) an option to sign up for incremental Channel based subscriptions to view content from CBS-All Access HBO Showtime etc. and 4) exclusive access to premium live sports events such as English Premier League UEFA Champions League and the NFL. Prime Video is at the forefront of the entertainment industry and growing fast - now available in over 240 countries and territories worldwide and we work in a dynamic and exciting environment where innovating on behalf of our customers is at the heart of everything we do.

We are seeking a leader for our Client Edge Services team which is responsible for to simplifying accelerating and scaling the delivery of customer experiences through client edge experiments and launched features. The leader needs to be operationally and technically deep understand the customer experience and who is equally at ease at driving excellence in process design as in technical solutions and product definition. The candidate needs to be proven at leading teams with influence over large engineering teams in and outside their organization.

Key job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:
* Lead and mentor a team of talented software engineers building mission-critical services at Prime Video
* Drive strategic and architectural decisions that balance performance scalability across Prime Video
* Partner across Prime Video to gather requirements and influence direction
* Ensure operational excellence of systems handling large-scale high blast-radius systems
* Develop and execute on technical roadmaps aligned with Prime Videos growth initiatives
* Foster a culture of engineering excellence and continuous improvement

As the leader of the team youll be at the forefront of Prime Videos technical infrastructure driving innovations that directly impact millions of customers worldwide.

- 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 WA SEATTLE - 184900.00 - 250200.00 USD annually