AmazonSoftware Development Manager, Amazon Private Brands, Amazon Private Brands
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Lead an engineering team building AI-native experiences, Gen AI copilots, and agentic workflows within the Product Lifecycle Management platform.
We are seeking a talented and hands-on Software Development Manager to lead a high-performing engineering team building AI-powered functional modules within PBC. In this role, you will own the delivery of critical PLM capabilities end to end, set the technical direction your team builds against, and embed Gen AI and agentic solutions across sourcing, quality, sustainability, and detail-page workflows. You will partner with a leading 3P PLM software solution to build out an integrated, AI-enabled platform, and influence product owners, engineers, applied scientists, and cross-functional partners across APB as we reduce dwell time and accelerate speed to market. This role gives you the chance to shape AI systems that touch how thousands of APB products are sourced, developed, and launched.
Key job responsibilities
- Lead the design, implementation, and delivery of PBC PLM modules, including Gen AI and automation capabilities, working backwards from customer needs to define vision and architecture.
- Set the technical strategy for the team and automation to new product development workflows, identifying where they drive the highest efficiency and quality gains.
- Create, prioritize, communicate, and execute roadmaps and project plans while reporting on the status of development, quality, operations, and system performance to leadership.
- Foster a culture of continuous engineering improvement through mentoring, feedback, and metrics, and build a strong team through effective hiring, coaching, and talent development.
- Partner with product, design, applied science, APB business stakeholders, and the 3P PLM vendor to define requirements and priorities, serving as the primary point of contact for project deliverables across teams.
- Propose and implement new projects and system improvements, setting clear, measurable quality goals in a data-driven way that improves performance, reliability, and cost efficiency.
About the team
This team builds functional modules within the Private Brands Central Product Lifecycle Management tool to accelerate speed to market for new product development for Amazon Private Brands (APB) and reduce dwell time for specific processes — increasingly powered by Gen AI and automation. Examples include: developing an externalized module for sourcing Request For Quotations (RFQs) from APB suppliers, launching an automated process to manage sustainability and quality related claims for APB products, and automating ASIN and Detail Page creation on Amazon systems. The team is partnering with a 3P solution to build out an integrated PLM tool with an industry-leading software solution.
Basic qualifications
- Bachelor's degree
- 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
Preferred qualifications
- 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
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. As a total compensation company, Amazon's package may include other elements such as sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, basic life & AD&D insurance), Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP), Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP), paid time off, and other resources to improve health and well-being. We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those interviewed will be advised as to hiring status.
CAN, BC, Vancouver - 171,400.00 - 286,200.00 CAD annually
How we rate this
Software Development Manager, Amazon Private Brands, Amazon Private Brands at Amazon rates 75 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Works on AI (AI Level 3 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Works on AI. The daily work is on AI products, without building the model.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
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