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Software Development Manager, Region Flexibility Engineering

Amazon is hiring a Software Development Manager, Region Flexibility Engineering in Seattle, United States. It pays $185k-$250k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Amazon.

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  • Level rates this role Little AI ●○○○: aI is not part of the work.
  • The posting mentions software architecture, distributed systems and team leadership among its tools and skills.
  • Level classes it as a senior role.
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Lead software engineering team building scalable services and developer frameworks for Amazon's global infrastructure.

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As a software development manager on the Region Flexibility and Efficiency team, you will play an essential role in building the software services, frameworks, and components at the forefront of Amazon's service-oriented architecture. You will be integral in shaping the direction of our team, how we use state-of-the-art technologies to influence the way thousands of engineers interact with our products. You will be empowered to define the goals, strategy, roadmap and success metrics for this brand new team.

Key job responsibilities
In this role, you will:

- Lead your team to solve intriguing problems in software architecture with highly scalable solutions, guiding your team in choosing the right technologies
- Define the strategy, prioritization and engineering roadmap for your team & influence across
- Directly influence your team’s product design and architectural direction while collaborating with different teams across the company
- Hire and develop the industry’s best talent to build highly collaborative and functional teams
- Identify opportunities and implement innovative solutions to improve developer experience for thousands of teams at Amazon

A day in the life
In this role, you will manage products and programs and deliver through a highly collaborative team that you help build. You will partner closely with senior leaders across Amazon, and frequently influence their programs & product roadmaps. One day you may be contributing to strategy documents, and another day developing your engineering talent. You will also regularly improve product operational metrics and drive operational excellence initiatives that measurably improve your team’s productivity and job satisfaction.

If this role sounds interesting to you, please send us your application using the Apply Now function. We look forward to hearing from you!

About the team
The Region Flexibility Engineering organization supports the rapid global expansion of Amazon's infrastructure. Our products support all Amazon businesses like Worldwide Stores, Alexa, Kindle, and Prime Video. We drive adoption of ever-evolving and state-of-the-art AWS and non-AWS technologies, and work closely with AWS teams to improve AWS public offerings. Our organization focuses on robust and scalable solutions that are simple to use and are delivered utilizing engineering best practices. We leverage and build foundational infrastructure capabilities, tools, and datasets that enable Amazon teams to delight our customers.

Basic qualifications

- 4+ years of engineering team management experience

Preferred qualifications

- 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

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. 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 https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.



USA, WA, Seattle - 184,900.00 - 250,200.00 USD annually

How we rate this

Software Development Manager, Region Flexibility Engineering at Amazon rates 10 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

  1. ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
  2. ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
  3. ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
  4. ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

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