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Amazon Software Development Manager, Amazon Search in Seattle, Washington

Description

Amazon is the 4th most visited website in the US and 6th in the world. A search is performed in over 70% of customer sessions on Amazon, and Search is attributed with over 50% of purchases. Our organization owns the Amazon search experience on all device types across all locales. We are responsible for creating a vision for the next generation Amazon search experience and delivering it to millions of customers.

Interested in using AI to improve the shopping experience of millions of customers? Amazon Search has the perfect job for you.

Amazon Search Experience Science is looking for a seasoned leader who has strong customer obsession, a track record of delivering high quality software, and the curiosity to learn the state of the art in AI. A successful candidate will bring deep technical expertise, and strong business acumen and judgment. Strong Amazon leaders are visionaries who are not afraid of rolling up their sleeves and getting their hands dirty. You will paint an inspirational vision for the future of Amazon Search’s customer experience, and build strong a team to fulfill that vision. You must have the desire to make industry-wide impact and the ability to work within a fast moving environment to rapidly deliver innovations.

As a senior leader, you will rethink the assumptions behind traditional e-commerce experience and leverage AI to make the shopping journey of each customer a delightful one. You will lead a diverse organization of scientists and engineers to define metrics that measure customer experience and identify opportunities to help customers shop with ease and confidence. You will be part of the Search technical leadership community that forms the backbone of the company. You will play a critical role in business planning, work closely with senior executives, and influence our long-term technical and business strategy.

If you like the challenges and opportunities in this exciting space, come join us to work hard, have fun, and make history.

Key job responsibilities

  • Build a long-term vision and drive the roadmap for your areas

  • Collaborate with other leaders across engineering, science, product, and design

  • Develop your team’s careers, matching each person’s needs with the right project on the roadmap

  • Experiment with cutting edge ML and optimization techniques

  • Guide your team as they navigate complex architectural designs, make technical trade-offs, and implement key features.

  • Make decisions requiring high judgement, pulling the appropriate data where possible

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Boston, MA, USA | Palo Alto, CA, USA | Seattle, WA, USA

Basic Qualifications

  • 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 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.

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