Amazon
Software Development Manager, PXTCS (People Experience and Technology Central Science)
Bellevue, Washington, USA
Sponsorship not specified$185k-$250kDetected 1 day ago
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About the role
- This is a hands-on leadership role: the SDM will be deep enough in the system to make architectural calls and unblock engineers, while also owning hiring, mentorship, and delivery commitments across the team.
- Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
- The base salary range for this position is listed below.
Responsibilities
- PXTCS is an interdisciplinary team that combines the talents of science, engineering, and UX to build and deliver solutions that measurably achieve this goal - at a scale that touches over 1.5 million Amazonians worldwide.
- PXTCS is seeking a Software Development Manager to lead an engineering team responsible for taking its most important ML and AI models from research into reliable, large-scale production systems.
- This person will own the technical strategy, architecture, and operational excellence of the services that serve these models, while building and growing the team of engineers who deliver them.
- The SDM will work side-by-side with the applied scientists, economists, and data scientists who develop these models, translating research-grade prototypes into production-grade systems that are scalable, efficient, secure, and fault-tolerant.
- This role partners closely with TPMs, Data Engineers, product managers, and business stakeholders across PXT to ensure the systems built meet real operational needs, and represents the engineering roadmap and technical tradeoffs to senior leadership.
Requirements
- 3+ years of engineering team management experience.
- 7+ years of engineering experience.
- 1+ years of providing technical leadership and project management for all aspects of the software development lifecycle experience.
- 5+ years of Software Engineer, Software Developer, or related occupational experience.
- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
- Experience partnering with product or program management teams
Nice to have
- Experience in recruiting, hiring, mentoring/coaching and managing teams of Software Engineers to improve their skills, and make them more effective, product software engineers.
- USA, WA, Bellevue
Compensation
- The base salary range for this position is listed below.
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