Software Development Manager III
About the role
DESCRIPTION
Join Amazon's Strategic Workforce Planning (WFP) team to lead the development of scalable software solutions that optimize workforce composition, organizational structure, and geographical footprint across Amazon's operations.
As a Software Development Manager III, you will:
- Lead and manage a team of software engineers building critical workforce planning capabilities including forecasting, scenario modeling, and operationalization tools
- Own the technical roadmap and architecture for WFP systems, ensuring scalability, reliability and integration with other workforce and HR systems
- Partner closely with business stakeholders in Amazon's Lines of Business, Finance, and HR to translate complex workforce requirements into technical solutions
- Drive execution and delivery of high-impact WFP software projects, managing scope, timelines, risks and dependencies
- Collaborate with other technical leaders to establish integration patterns and best practices across workforce planning systems
- Mentor and develop your team of engineers, providing growth opportunities and career guidance
- Implement metrics and mechanisms to measure the impact and success of WFP solutions
- Lead with a customer-obsessed mindset, continuously improving workforce planning capabilities to optimize costs and efficiency
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of engineering team management experience
- 7+ years of working directly within engineering teams experience
- 3+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems 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
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
About Amazon
Amazon Web Services, like all Amazon businesses, is guided by four key tenets: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking. Our innovation starts with each customer’s challenge, so we are continually working on new and unprecedented opportunities to transform the way people live and work.
Software Development Manager III
About the role
DESCRIPTION
Join Amazon's Strategic Workforce Planning (WFP) team to lead the development of scalable software solutions that optimize workforce composition, organizational structure, and geographical footprint across Amazon's operations.
As a Software Development Manager III, you will:
- Lead and manage a team of software engineers building critical workforce planning capabilities including forecasting, scenario modeling, and operationalization tools
- Own the technical roadmap and architecture for WFP systems, ensuring scalability, reliability and integration with other workforce and HR systems
- Partner closely with business stakeholders in Amazon's Lines of Business, Finance, and HR to translate complex workforce requirements into technical solutions
- Drive execution and delivery of high-impact WFP software projects, managing scope, timelines, risks and dependencies
- Collaborate with other technical leaders to establish integration patterns and best practices across workforce planning systems
- Mentor and develop your team of engineers, providing growth opportunities and career guidance
- Implement metrics and mechanisms to measure the impact and success of WFP solutions
- Lead with a customer-obsessed mindset, continuously improving workforce planning capabilities to optimize costs and efficiency
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of engineering team management experience
- 7+ years of working directly within engineering teams experience
- 3+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems 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
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
About Amazon
Amazon Web Services, like all Amazon businesses, is guided by four key tenets: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking. Our innovation starts with each customer’s challenge, so we are continually working on new and unprecedented opportunities to transform the way people live and work.