Software Development Manager, Amazon Financials Foundation Services

Software Development Manager, Amazon Financials Foundation Services

The Amazon Financials Foundation Services (AFFS), a division within Amazon’s eCommerce Services Organization (eCS), is leading innovation in business systems integration and defining the future of financial accounting at Amazon scale. Our systems are advancing one of the world's most scalable, reliable, and secure e-commerce ecosystems and are responsible for processing hundreds of billions of dollars in transactions, in multiple currencies and countries. We are at the center of Amazon’s key initiatives and fueling the growth of Amazon’s businesses worldwide by constantly raising the bar on the speed at which business teams can integrate with our systems. We are working on leveraging AI/ML techniques (including unsupervised techniques and Large-Language-Models) to reduce the time Finance Operations teams and Accountants spend on the monthly financial data analysis process.

As a Manager here, you will lead your team of high-performing engineers to build, scale, monitor, and optimize systems within AFFS. You will interface with several teams including Retail Systems, Marketplace Systems, Digital Systems, Web services, Financial systems, and operations. Our mission is to provide a world-class customer experience using scalable and robust software, so the challenges and opportunities span both the business and technical realms.

A successful candidate will be a hands-on manager with an established background in developing high volume and highly available services, strong technical ability, great communication skills, and a motivation to achieve results in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

Key job responsibilities

1. Build a best-in-class engineering team that delivers excellent results through rapid iterations
2. Design and develop state-of-the-art approaches to solving complex and ambiguous problems
3. Cultivate engineering and operational excellence through metrics and continuous learning
4. Develop long-term strategy for your programs and translate it into roadmap and action plan
5. Report on status of development, quality, operations, and system performance to management
6. Mentor and grow superstar SDEs to take on increasingly higher responsibilities

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

1. 3+ years of engineering team management experience
2. 7+ years of working directly within engineering teams experience
3. 3+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
4. 8+ years of leading the definition and development of multi-tier web services experience
5. 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
6. Experience partnering with product or program management teams

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

1. Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior leadership to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategy
2. Experience in recruiting, hiring, mentoring/coaching, and managing teams of Software Engineers to improve their skills and make them more effective, product software engineers

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

The base salary for this position ranges from $171,400/year up to $286,200/year. Salary is based on a number of factors and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

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