Amazon Software Development Manager Kindle Reader - Engagement & Insights 

United States, Washington, Seattle 

26244852

Why This Role Matters:
* Cross-Platform Excellence: Own the technical foundation that enables seamless reading across the world's most popular mobile and desktop platforms
Key job responsibilities
Technical Leadership & Vision* Lead a team engineers building core infrastructure and platform capabilities for Kindle applications
* Drive architectural decisions that scale across iOS, Android, iPadOS, Fire OS, and macOS platforms
* Champion adoption of emerging technologies, particularly generative AI, to enhance reading experiences
* Establish engineering excellence standards through code reviews, design guidance, and developer training programs* Partner with product teams, UX designers, and single-threaded feature teams to enable rapid innovation
* Create scalable solutions that reduce development friction and accelerate time-to-market for new features
* Build and maintain the App Maintainers forum, providing critical oversight and expertise across the organization
* Hire, develop, and retain top engineering talent in a competitive market
* Foster an inclusive, high-performing team culture focused on customer obsession and technical excellence
* Implement effective processes for sprint planning, project tracking, and continuous improvement
* Mentor engineers and contribute to their career growth through challenging, impactful projectsStrategic Execution* Manage complex technical initiatives spanning multiple platforms and stakeholder groups
* Balance competing priorities across 50+ ongoing initiatives while maintaining delivery excellence
* Drive visibility into team challenges and resource needs to ensure sustainable growth
* Contribute to organizational planning processes and long-term technical strategy

- 3+ years of engineering team management experience
- 7+ years of working directly within engineering teams 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
- 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