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Posted date: May 26, 2025
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Location: Seattle, WA
Estimated salary: $227,050
Range: $166,400 - $287,700
Description
We are seeking a talented Software Development Manager to grow and develop a team of passionate engineers to scale up the Live and VOD ads platform. As an SDM, you will get to work on a lot of established as well as green field AWS technologies and design large scale backend systems. You will also be exposed to industry leading advertising tech and gain a deep understanding of Prime Video's Live and VoD workflows.The ideal candidate will be passionate about simple and elegant software solutions, customer-centric products, and utilizing agile development processes. You will look at problems holistically, beyond the borders of your team, and thrive on solutions that require thinking at multiple levels, from strategic to business tactical to system goals to specific interfaces. You are adept at reading code and writing documents for an executive audience. You ensure solutions are reliable, scalable, and secure. You don't shy away from the spotlight, able to coordinate cross-org meetings, field difficult questions, and create positive collaborative outcomes.
You will have an enormous opportunity to impact both the customer and partner experience, design, architecture, and implementation of high end products that will be used every day by people you know, and influence industry and industry standards. No matter what the role, we’re looking for people who are passionate about innovating on behalf of customers, demonstrate a high degree of ownership, and want to have fun while they make history.
Key job responsibilities
• Manage and grow a team of software engineers, including their projects, performance, and career growth
• Clearly communicate project roadmaps with your team, management, and principal stakeholders
• Work with peer managers to determine scope and estimate development effort
• Lead systems design, architecture, and scaling discussions
• Influence and adopt industry standards
• Argue for the right outcomes with data, conviction, and diplomacy
Qualifications
- 3+ years of engineering team management 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
- 7+ years of working directly within engineering teams 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
Extended 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
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $166,400/year in our lowest geographic market up to $287,700/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
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