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Amazon Manager, Software Development , Digital Payments and Emerging Markets in Seattle, Washington
Description
We build payment experiences that delight our Brazil customers with the world's best payment experience! We are in search of a talented technical leader and craftsman passionate and experienced in building intuitive customer facing and highly scalable software.
Our team takes a world view of payments for all of Amazon yet builds highly customized and seamless payment experiences for our global customers. This focus on customer and geography requires working on different technologies and back-end platform systems in order to meet the needs of our customers. Our back-end systems are always available and guarantee that our customer’s orders are never lost and always processed even when downstream services are down. You will have a chance to understand the entire end to end Amazon Retail and Digital businesses and technology stacks, and to influence their development too.
We are seeking an innovative, results-oriented Manager of Software Development with a proven track record of successful delivery. You are someone who will enjoy the challenge of working on complex and highly disparate technologies – from front-end development to back-end highly distributed systems.
You are interested in high growth career opportunity and enjoy building software that brings smiles to our customers. You will provide both strategic and tactical oversight to build the features and functionality required to have a best in class offering to our branded gift card customers. You will lead a team in design, development, testing and deployment of software. You are passionate about building simple and elegant software solutions, customer-centric products and agile development processes.
A successful candidate will have an established background in developing customer facing experience, a strong technical ability, excellent project management skills, great communication skills, a proven ability to grow and develop a team and a motivation to achieve results in a fast paced environment.
The ideal candidate will be a leader, quick learner and be able to work independently. The candidate will need to balance technical leadership and savvy with strong business judgment to make the right decisions.
Mentorship& Career Growth
Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded professional.
Key job responsibilities
Own the roadmap of the services that enable faster delivery of payment experience to our customers
Document and present strategies to senior management.
Management and execution against project plans and delivery commitments.
Management of departmental resources, hiring, mentoring, enhancing and maintaining a best-of-class product development team.
Work closely with the engineers and product managers to architect and develop the best technical design and approach.
Report on status of development, quality, operations and system performance to leadership.
A day in the life
As a tech leader, they prioritize mentoring team members, fostering collaboration, addressing roadblocks, and ensuring timely, high-quality software deliveries. Effective communication, problem-solving, and aligning with stakeholders are critical to their role in driving successful projects within the Brazil payments ecosystem.
About the team
Brazil Payments Tech team launches payment experiences for retail and digital businesses in Brazil marketplace. Our mission is to increase eCommerce Payment Coverage by supporting launch of new payment methods and support regulatory and compliance projects relating to payments for Brazil.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Seattle, WA, USA
Basic Qualifications
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
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 committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $148,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $287,700/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.