Software Development Manager

Passionate about building and operating scalable systems? Experienced in leading diverse teams of software engineers? Ready to make a billion-dollar impact? If so, here is an opportunity tailored for you.

Who are we?
Amazon's Delivery Technology organization builds complex software solutions to optimize package delivery across vendors, warehouses, and carriers. Our services handle thousands of requests per second, impacting billions of dollars annually, and enhancing the ordering and delivery experience for millions of online shoppers.

Our mission is to create the most efficient transportation system by leveraging cutting-edge technologies like big data, machine learning, and optimization techniques.

As a Software Development Manager within our Sorting Technology (Sort Tech) organization, you'll lead a high-performing engineering team, driving technology projects and operational improvements worldwide. You will identify opportunities and turn them into practical technology solutions, collaborating with teams globally, including engineering and product teams. Additionally, you will excel in building and developing high-performance teams.

About the team
Our team, Sort Tech, creates technology for sorting, loading, and unloading packages at over 2,000 locations in Amazon's transportation network, such as Fulfillment Centers, Inbound Receive Centers, Sort Centers, Amazon Air Gateways, and Delivery Stations.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Minneapolis, MN, USA

Basic Qualifications

- 3+ years of engineering team management experience
- 5+ 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
- 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
- 6+ years of leading the definition and development of multi tier web services experience

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, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.