Software Development Manager, Alexa AI Domains (AIDo)

Amazon • Boston, MA

5d

About The Position

The Alexa AI Domains (AIDo) team is looking for an experienced Software Development Engineer to join us in building the next-generation of Alexa, Alexa+. The team owns critical Customer-facing services in both Classic Alexa and Alexa+, working on everything from Operations to Development to innovative work with our Science teams as we invent the future! As a Software Development Manager in the AIDo team you will be responsible for hiring, mentoring, day-to-day team leadership, triaging and prioritization, and longer-term strategy. You will bring strong instincts and deep experience to help drive key decisions impacting Alexa and Alexa+ customers worldwide. You will work with other SDM's and SDE's both within and outside the AIDo team as our work has a broad impact and requires close collaboration with teams across the Alexa Organization.

Requirements

• 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
• Experience operating mission-critical customer-facing services
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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

Responsibilities

• hiring
• mentoring
• day-to-day team leadership
• triaging and prioritization
• longer-term strategy

Benefits

• equity
• sign-on payments
• medical
• financial

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees