Manager, Software Development - Amazon Sumerian Amazon
Seattle, WA

Job Description

The Amazon Sumerian team is recruiting for a Software Development Manager to lead our development teams. As a Software Development Manager, you will be responsible for leading a team of engineers in design, development, test, and deployment of these services. Amazon Sumerian is the fastest and easiest way to author and publish 3D, AR, and VR experiences using nothing more than your browser. For more information, visit: https://docs.sumerian.amazonaws.com/

A successful candidate will have an established background in developing customer-facing experiences, a strong technical ability, excellent project management skills, great communication skills, and a motivation to achieve results in a fast paced environment.

Key Responsibilities:

* Responsible for the overall systems development life cycle
* Develop the long-term strategy for your programs and translate that into an achievable road map/action plan
* Management and execution against project plans and delivery commitments
* Manage the day-to-day activities of the engineering team within an Agile/Scrum environment
* Management of departmental resources, staffing, mentoring, and enhancing and maintaining a best-of-class engineering team
* Work closely with the engineers to architect and develop the best technical design and approach
* Report on status of development, quality, operations, and system performance to management

Professional traits that are not unique to this position, but necessary for Amazon leaders:

* Exhibits excellent judgment
* Hires and develops great people
* Has relentlessly high standards (is never satisfied with the status quo)
* Is able to dive deep and is never out of touch with the details of the business or the technology
* Expects and requires innovation of her/his team
* Has passion and convictions and the innate ability to inspire passion in others
* Strong results Orientation
* Thinks big