Business Data Technologies is looking for an exceptional leader to define and lead the next generation of solutions to further improve our natural language based interactions with data. We are looking for someone who is passionate about building great products, has a strong track record of success, and is excited to join our team of talented engineers.
As a Software Development Manager, you will lead a team of engineers in the design, development, deployment, and operation of products large scale applications.
You will be leading a new team with a vision to create an AI-powered experience where every Amazon employee can have natural, insightful conversations with their data - from discovery to insights to actions - accelerating Amazon's data-driven culture.
Required Skills
- A strong track record of building and leading high-performing teams
- A deep understanding of software development principles and practices
- Excellent project management skills
- Excellent communication skills
- A passion for delivering innovative and user-friendly products
If you are a highly motivated and experienced software development manager with a passion for delivering amazing reading experiences, we encourage you to apply.
Key Job Responsibilities
- Building, maintaining, and organizing your team
- Defining your technical strategy and product roadmap
- Defining, measuring, and reporting on your key performance and operational excellence metrics
- Recruiting and retaining top talent
- Driving clarity in highly ambiguous technical environments
- Developing long-term technical roadmaps
- Guiding and coaching developers
- Managing projects effectively
- Communicating effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences
- Motivating your team to achieve results in a fast-paced environment
A Day in the Life
A day in the life of this role would be a good mix of managing multiple programs, focus on long term, managing operational health of systems and making high impact decisions.
About the Team
This is a new team with a vision to create an AI-powered experience where every Amazon employee can have natural, insightful conversations with their data - from discovery to insights to actions - accelerating Amazon's data-driven culture. We are now working on developing a semantic based search to identify the right datasets, convert natural language user input to analytic query and more.
Basic Qualifications
- 7+ years of engineering experience
- 3+ years of engineering team management 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
- Bachelor's degree
Preferred Qualifications
- 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
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