Key job responsibilities
This Software Development Manager role is pivotal to delivering an exceptional experience for FBA customers and sellers worldwide. This leader will manage a team that develops and maintains highly scalable, highly available web services and systems at the heart of FBA technology offerings. These services support the FBA business globally, through rapidly evolving and complex demands in a high-9’s availability environment.
A day in the life
This leader will
Work with senior leaders in FBA to define product strategy and roadmap
Lead high-quality execution of software products against project plans and delivery commitments; architect and develop the best technical designs for extensibility, reliability, and scalability
Build and develop a high performance software development organization by hiring, mentoring and growing a best-in-class team
Own all operational metrics and support
Work directly with development teams in Bellevue, Toronto, Bangalore, and across the globe on shared projects and dependent deliverables
3+ years of engineering team management experience
7+ years of engineering experience
8+ years of leading the definition and development of multi tier web services experience
Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software/hardware/networks development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, certification, and livesite operations
Experience partnering with product or program management teams
Experience designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems
Bachelor's degree or above in computer science
10+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
8+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
6+ years of engineering team management experience
Experience partnering with product and program management teams
7+ years of leading multiple Agile teams (like Scrum Masters, Product Owners) concurrently or at scale experience
Experience in written and verbal communication skills to communicate with technical and non-technical audiences, including senior leadership
Experience with non-relational databases / data stores (object storage, document or key-value stores, graph databases, column-family databases)
Experience in development of distributed/scalable systems and high-volume transaction applications
Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior leadership to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategy
Experience in recruiting, hiring, mentoring/coaching and managing teams of Software Engineers to improve their skills, and make them more effective, product software engineers
Master's degree or equivalent in computer science, computer engineering, or related field, or MS degree
Experience designing, building, operating, and managing large-scale distributed systems or web services
Experience leading the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems, or experience in computer architecture
Experience in a high volume, transactional and distributed system environment
Experience with retail or e-commerce research in a global context
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