Amazon Software Development Manager Amazon Private Brands 

United States, Washington, Seattle 

824981706

Key job responsibilities
This position requires a strategic and visionary leader who can think holistically about the future state, while also driving pragmatic solutions to address current challenges.Key Responsibilities:Strategic Thinking and Innovation:
- Envision and champion the long-term roadmap for backend systems, going beyond just fixing existing issues.
- Identify transformative opportunities to leverage emerging technologies, such as large language models (LLMs), to automate and streamline critical processes.Cross-functional Collaboration:
- Serve as a bridge between business stakeholders and technical teams, translating requirements and advocating for the team's vision.Judgment and Decision-making:
- Exercise high-level judgment to determine the optimal approach, whether to build in-house or integrate with partner solutions.
- Develop a robust decision-making framework to assess trade-offs and ensure sustainable, scalable solutions.Scalability and Automation:
- Develop solutions that can scale seamlessly to support the growing needs of the Private Brands organization.
- Leverage automation and LLM-powered capabilities to reduce manual effort and ensure high accuracy of data and protocols.
Key Skills and Experience:- Ability to think strategically and envision transformative solutions, rather than just fixing existing problems.- Experienced in making strategic decisions about build vs. buy, weighing the trade-offs and long-term implications.Seattle, WA, USA

- 3+ years of engineering team management experience
- 7+ years of engineering 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