Software Development Manager

In this role, you will have an impact on Amazon's personalized shopping experience, and the satisfaction of being able to look back and say I was a key contributor to something special from its earliest stages. The right person, is an experienced Software Development Manager with proven experience leading a fast-moving engineering team. With a strong technical background, great communication (writing/verbal) skills, and solid people management skills to manage and develop a talented and experienced engineering team, as it is essential for the success in this role. If you are seeking to invent, build and improve customers' experiences that enable millions of customers worldwide. Relish the idea of solving problems and dealing with a degree of ambiguity thats higher than most projects. Love to tackle algorithmic, Machine Learning, and large-scale engineering challenges, and have the freedom (and encouragement) to experiment and improve on behalf of our customers. Join the team! We guarantee that youll learn a lot, have fun and delight millions of customers.

Summary:
1. You will own the charter and vision of your team, and work with PM, UX, and Applied Science teams to build the best shopping experience for millions of Alexa Shopping customers.
2. Hire and develop talents for your team.
3. Work with stakeholders to build attractive roadmaps and deliver high quality products for customers.
4. Exhibit excellent judgment on how to prioritize between focusing on existing versus new customers and between features, architectural improvements and operational excellence.
5. Improving and operating mechanisms that drive higher velocity for features and key decisions.