Software Development Manager, Prime Now / AmazonFresh Amazon
Seattle, WA

Job Description

Are you a strong technical leader that can have a huge impact on a fast-expanding business? Are you eager to dive into complex business and process problems, setting functional and architectural direction with development teams?

The AmazonFresh and Prime Now teams are seeking a Software Development Manager to join our team that is focused on leading teams to build mission critical software used by Amazon customers. We have many domains ranging from highly-scalable transactional back end systems, to complex optimization problems, to customer facing mobile apps, so if you love building world-class software of any type, most likely we have a place for you. Expertise in specialized areas such as Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Text Mining, Recommendation Systems, or Signal Processing, is desired.

We're truly an agile shop: we work closely with users, deliver features with high frequency, can pivot on a dime when needed, and are aggressive about test coverage, refactoring and paying off technical debt. We're looking for software development leaders who share our passion for continuously improving the customer experience, who are motivated by challenging problems in distributed systems, algorithms, and HCI and who love writing great code.

The ideal candidate will be passionate about building scalable software solutions and delivering high quality technology products/services in a fast paced growth environment where priorities shift quickly. The candidate is a strong leader who can prioritize well, communicate clearly, and who understands how to drive a high level of excellence with a strong team. They are a seasoned, mature engineering leader, someone who is comfortable building teams, developing staff, and building a culture of high quality and efficient execution. You will work closely with the Science Lead and the science team to bring new ML models and algorithms into production.

This position is located in Seattle, WA