Sr. Mgr, Software Development Amazon
Seattle, WA

Job Description

Amazon Last Mile Technology is the team that enables super-fast delivery for Amazon. We build products and technology that enables the stations and drivers to deliver your packages, food, and restaurant deliveries from their last stop to your home. We need software development managers to lead several new initiatives.

Ship With Amazon enables Amazon to not only deliver packages, but also to pickup packages from businesses and customers and ship on their behalf. See this recent WSJ article: https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazons-pitch-to-woo-shippers-fewer-fees-than-fedex-ups-11548251763

The successful candidate will:

* Be responsible for the end to end ownership of a technology team, including setting the technical vision for developing our systems to serve Amazon's needs.
* Hire and manage great software engineering managers and engineers that are responsible for developing and maintaining software that optimizes our transportation network.
* Be a champion of engineering and operational excellence: establish team metrics for measurement of engineering and operational excellence and a consistent, regular process for assessment and improvement.
* Establish a consistent, project management framework and excellent development processes to deliver high quality software, in rapid iterations, for business partners in multiple geographies.
* Show strong business and technical judgment that will accelerate time to market of releases, while incrementally moving our services towards the long term vision.
* Be responsible for mentoring and developing engineers.
* Represent the technical organization and evangelize the work to senior leadership.
* Raise the bar on technical excellence, show thought leadership, and communicate well to different audiences.