Amazon

Software Development Manager, JP Manga

Amazon$184K — $250K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years in engineering team management
  • 7+ years within engineering teams
  • 3+ years designing or architecting systems
  • 8+ years leading multi-tier web services
  • Strong knowledge of software/hardware/networks development life cycle
  • Experience collaborating with product/program management teams

Responsibilities

  • Own the overall systems development life cycle
  • Develop long-term strategy and actionable road map
  • Manage project plans and execution commitments
  • Supervise daily activities in an Agile/Scrum environment
  • Enhance and mentor a skilled engineering team
  • Collaborate with engineers on technical design and approach
  • Report development and system performance status to management

Benefits

  • Health insurance including medical, dental, and vision
  • 401(k) matching contributions
  • Paid time off and parental leave
  • Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
  • Access to employee assistance programs and mental health support
Full Job Description
We are looking for a seasoned leader for a team of Software Development Engineers in our Seattle office to own Manga services and features on Amazon Japan website across all platforms (desktop, mobile browser, mobile shopping app). A successful candidate will have an established background in developing customer-facing experiences as well as backend services, a strong technical ability, excellent project management skills, great communication skills, managing and growing developers, and a motivation to achieve results in a fast paced environment.

In this team you will have the opportunity to:

- Solve challenging problems at significant scale

- Be responsible for the overall systems development life cycle

- Develop the long-term strategy for your programs and translate that into an achievable road map/action plan

- Management and execution against project plans and delivery commitments

- Manage the day-to-day activities of the engineering team within an Agile/Scrum environment

- Work closely with engineers to architect and develop the best technical design and approach

Key job responsibilities

- Responsible for the overall systems development life cycle

- Develop the long-term strategy for your programs and translate that into an achievable road map/action plan

- Management and execution against project plans and delivery commitments

- Manage the day-to-day activities of the engineering team within an Agile/Scrum environment

- Management of departmental resources, staffing, mentoring, and enhancing and maintaining a best-of-class engineering team

- Work closely with the engineers to architect and develop the best technical design and approach

- Report on status of development, quality, operations, and system performance to management

- Work closely with Product Managers, Sr Manager, UX across Manga.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 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

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- 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

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 https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, WA, Seattle - 184,900.00 - 250,200.00 USD annually

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Amazon Careers

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