Sr. Manager Software Development , Amazon Fulfillment Technology

Job title: Sr. Manager Software Development , Amazon Fulfillment Technology

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Job summary
Are you a hands-on leader that can make a huge impact on a dynamic, fast moving business? Are you equally comfortable digging in to business requirements as drilling into architecture and design with development teams? Amazon Fulfillment Technology organization is looking for a Sr. Manager to lead multiple software development teams in the workforce optimization space.

Have you ever wondered how Amazon is able to combine multiple items into your shipment, no matter what items you choose to order? Ever wondered how Amazon can get orders to customers in under an hour? Ever wondered what technologies drive Amazon’s ability to manage and process tens of thousands of trailers with inventory every day? If so, how would you like to be in the driver’s seat delivering the hardware and software powering these abilities? If you love solving complex problems and designing systems that work at a large scale, while working alongside the smartest minds, this might be the right opportunity for you.

Amazon Fulfillment Technologies (AFT) builds and operates software, hardware, and processes that run the global network of fulfillment centers(FCs) that move many millions of units of inventory, employ tens of thousands of people, and ensure that customers get what they want when we promised we would get it to them.

AFT is looking for an experienced, entrepreneurial, and technically adept software leader to lead a large, multi-year cross functional program to realize AFT’s vision of a fully autonomous fulfillment Center. AFT’s vision is to scale Amazon Fulfillment by moving towards fully autonomous fulfillment, enabling faster time to benchmark for new FCs and quicker time to competency for managers and associates, while optimizing for best customer experience at the lowest cost.

Responsibilities:

• Manage overall software development life-cycle
• Create, prioritize, communicate, manage, and execute roadmaps, project plans, and commitments
• Report on status of development, quality, operations, and system performance to management
• Work closely with Sr. engineers and Team Leaders to architect and develop the best technical design and approach
• Foster culture of continuous engineering improvement through mentoring, feedback, and metrics
• Hire, coach, and mentor leaders; build a strong cross-functional organization
• Interface with a diverse customer base to understand requirements, priorities, and processes
• Propose and implement new projects or recommend system improvements.
• Own all operational metrics and support
• Have the obsession to drive a better customer experience through everything that we do here at Amazon
• Bring innovative ideas to the table every day, in order to find better ways of accomplishing our customer objectives
• Set clear, measurable quality goals for an organization in a data-driven way

Personal traits not unique to this position, but necessary for Amazon leaders:

• Exhibits excellent judgment, are right a lot
• Hire and develop the best people
• Able to dive deep and never out of touch with the details of the business
• Strong results orientated approach.
• Thinks big and have a bias for Action
• Deal well with ambiguity

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline
• Software development background in object-oriented programming, distributed systems, Java, C++, Linux/UNIX, and SQL
• 10+ years of experience managing software development teams with hands-on involvement in system architecture, design, and performance

• Deep technical expertise and strong problem-solving and data analysis skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to present complex technical information clearly and concisely to a variety of audiences
• The ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• A thorough understanding of software development in a team and a strong track record of shipping software

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline
• Agile software development methodologies
• Experience with large scale systems
• Strong business and technical vision
• Demonstrated ability to scale through other leaders, and managing other people leaders
• Demonstrated ownership of product and technology for large scale, business critical systems

Amazon is an Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer – Female/Minority/Disability/Veteran/Gender Identity/Sexual Orientation

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. If you would like to request an accommodation, please notify your Recruiter.

Company: Amazon

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Location: Ontario

Job date: Wed, 09 Nov 2022 05:10:06 GMT

Job Source: Careerjet.ca

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