Are you a technical leader who wants to own critical, highly scalable systems, and spur innovation? Can you attract and grow the engineering talent needed for those kinds of challenges? Are you skilled at managing complex projects that require interacting with both technical as well as business folks? The Tax Software Platform team, part of eCommerce Services at Amazon, owns the tax calculation platform and provides the core services that calculate the accurate amount of transactional taxes (sales tax and Value Added Tax) on Amazon. We're at the intersection of software that can never go down and need to move at agile, internet speed. We're at the hub of Amazon's massive, worldwide service-oriented architecture. We are looking for a Software Development Manager who is excited about leading a talented team to innovate, tackle complex problems and operate a complex and mission critical system under extreme loads. We’re looking for a technical leader who can own a set of core services, own
· Bachelor's degree and/or Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent. · 5+ years of experience, with at least 2 years managing development teams · Experience in organizing projects and delivering quality releases on schedule · Experience in building and leading development of complex software systems · Experience with off-shore development · Experience with large scale distributed systems· Have a strong sense of ownership, urgency and drive · Be a strong leader, mentor, recruiter, people manager · Work effectively across functional teams · Good judge of top software engineering talent,