Software Development Manager, Prime Video Sports Availability
Love sports? Want to change the world? Prime Video is re-inventing the live sports experience by merging high-quality live streaming, immersive interactive features, and exclusive access to some of the world’s most loved sports properties. The Prime Video Sports team is a single-threaded-owner, uniquely positioned to execute our vision across the entire PV stack to deliver the most compelling new experiences to our customers. If this sounds like the type of experience you'd like to help build, apply here and let's chat!
What We're Looking For
We are looking for a highly talented Software Development Manager to help build fast, scalable, robust systems to crystalize and execute this vision. The successful candidate is expected to be a hands-on technical manager who understands and sets a high bar for all phases of the software development life-cycle, while hiring, coaching, developing and growing a team of engineers. We seek someone with an insatiable curiosity and appetite for learning, who can build and nurture an AI-native engineering team capable of leveraging emerging AI technologies in our solutions. Your ability to foster a culture of innovation and adaptability will be key as we integrate AI throughout our engineering practices.
Key job responsibilities
- Manage a team of software engineers, including their projects, performance, and career growth
- Communicate project roadmaps with your team, management, and principal stakeholders
- Work with peer managers to scope and estimate development effort
- Facilitate systems design, architecture, and scaling discussions
- Advocate for the right outcomes with data, conviction, and diplomacy
- Deliver innovative customer experience for world-wide customers
- Hire and mentor highly talented engineers
A day in the life
Interact with leaders from product and / or other partner tech teams for conceptualizing, scoping and planning deliveryManage project planning, task break-down, delivery and track status with your teamCommunicate delivery status to stakeholdersContribute to the vision, goals, and technical strategy in alignment with customer needs and market opportunitiesMentor engineers, provide leadership on complex technical issues, design trade-offs, and feature and schedule prioritizationInnovate on behalf of customerAbout The Team
We are a team who value diversity, respect, and inclusiveness. We love mentoring and helping each other growOur technology choices and designs are driven from the engineers, not handed down from aboveWe have a lot of say for what goes into our product. We get to pitch our ideas up the chain, not the other way aroundBasic Qualifications
3+ years of engineering team management experience7+ years of working directly within engineering teams experience3+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience8+ years of leading the definition and development of multi tier web services experienceKnowledge 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 operationsExperience partnering with product or program management teamsPreferred Qualifications
Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior leadership to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategyExperience in recruiting, hiring, mentoring / coaching and managing teams of Software Engineers to improve their skills and effectivenessAmazon 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, please visit the Amazon accommodations page for more information. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
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