Software Development Manager Amazon
Seattle, WA

Job Description

Amazon is investing heavily in building a world class advertising business and we are responsible for defining and delivering a collection of self-service performance advertising products that drive discovery and sales. Our products are strategically important to our Retail and Marketplace businesses driving long term growth. We deliver billions of ad impressions and millions of clicks daily and are breaking fresh ground to create world-class products. We are highly motivated, collaborative and fun-loving with an entrepreneurial spirit and bias for action. With a broad mandate to experiment and innovate, we are growing at an unprecedented rate with a seemingly endless range of new opportunities.

As a Software Development Manager, you will assemble and lead a team of engineers to solve challenging technical and business problems. You'll be pioneering within a multi-dimensional optimization space which requires us to balance the interests of advertisers, shoppers, and Amazon. You'll drive technical strategy and architecture at both the infrastructure and application tiers. You will be responsible for hiring and developing the individuals within your team and fostering a transparent, collaborative development environment.

Responsibilities:

* Own technical vision and direction for our ad auctions and accompanying ML-based optimization systems.
* Manage a portfolio of projects which you and adjacent teams will work to deliver.
* Build and grow a team of 6-8 engineers.
* Collaborate on product direction for the largest segment of Amazon's advertising business.