Software Development Manager, Homepage

When you open the Amazon app the Homepage is the first thing you see. Our team decides what goes there building the systems that allocate personalize and render this surface for hundreds of millions of customers billions of times a day. We are rebuilding it from the ground up with science and automation.

You will lead a team that spans engineering and science turning models for allocation opportunity cost and personalization into the production systems that run Homepage and replace manual curation with intelligent ones. If you want to lead the team that shapes how Amazons front door operates for years to come we want to meet you.

Key job responsibilities
- Lead a team that spans engineering and science turning allocation opportunity-cost and personalization models into the production systems that run Homepage.
- Replace manual curation with intelligent systems owning the roadmap for automation campaign management and content quality (including the Campaign Hub and override management).
- Own the hard technical decisions for services that serve hundreds of millions of customers under tight latency and high traffic.
- Grow the team and the partnerships recruiting engineers and scientists who work at the intersection of production systems and science and aligning stakeholders across Stores Ads Devices and Prime Video who compete for Homepage space.

- 3 years of engineering team management experience
- 3 years of designing or architecting (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- 7 years of working directly within engineering teams 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

- 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

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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 WA Seattle - 184900.00 - 250200.00 USD annually