Software Development Manager, Amazon Digital Products - Cambridge

Amazon's Digital Products team develops innovative new products and services like the Kindle. Kindle is a revolutionary reading device, the #1 best-selling product on all of Amazon, and an exciting and fast-growing business within Amazon. Backing Kindle is a rich ecosystem of digital media and mobile services including Amazon MP3, Amazon Video on Demand, IMDb, Appstore for Android, and Audible. Our customers access these services from a range of platforms other than our own including iOS, Android, Windows Phone, and laptop/desktop browsers.

As a Software Development Manager, you will be responsible for leading a team of engineers through the complete product life cycle (strategic planning, design, development, test, deployment, and operational ownership).. A successful candidate will have strong customer experience judgment, a rigorous technical grounding, ability to quickly pick up new domain-specific knowledge, excellent project management skills, great communication skills, and a motivation to achieve results in a fast-paced environment.

You will have enormous opportunity to impact the customer experience, design, architecture, and implementation of cutting edge products that will be used every day by people you know. As an early member of Amazon's Cambridge Development Center (opened in 2012), you'll also help establish the culture of a new and rapidly growing site. As in all of our roles, we're looking for people who are passionate about inventing on behalf of customers, who demonstrate a high degree of product ownership, and who want to have fun while they make history.

Key Responsibilities
 

• Responsible for the entire development life-cycle of a key product component.
• Manage the day-to-day activities of the engineering team within an Agile/Scrum environment.
• Staff, mentor, develop, and maintain a best-of-class engineering team.
• Work closely with engineers to architect and develop the best technical design and approach.
• Consistently deliver results against project plan milestones and commitments.
• Report on status of development, quality, operations, and system performance to management.
• Successful candidates will be strong leaders who can prioritize well, communicate clearly, dive deep into technical issues, surface risks, and apply excellent judgment in resolving them.

• 7+ years experience building successful production software systems.
• 2+ years people management experience.
• Solid knowledge of software development methodologies and best practices.
• Computer Science fundamentals (based on a BS or MS in CS or related field).
• Proficiency in at least one modern compiled programming language such as C, C++, C#, or Java.

• Development experience on mobile platforms such as Google Android, Apple iOS, WebOS, Windows Phone, or RIM Blackberry.
• A consistent track record of project delivery on large, complex, cross-functional projects.
• Knowledge of professional software engineering best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
• A deep understanding of team software development in an Agile environment.
• The ability to take raw product requirements and develop software architectures and designs to bring them to life.
• Ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.