Software Development Manager, App Experience Delivery Tech, Prime Video

Amazon • Seattle, WA

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About The Position

Amazon Prime Video is a premium on-demand and live streaming service that offers
the greatest selection of content to customers: 1) unlimited access via a Prime
subscription to over 40,000 movies and TV episodes, 2) a catalog of over 180,000
titles that are available for purchase or rent a la carte, 3) an option to sign
up for incremental Channel based subscriptions to view content from CBS-All
Access, HBO, Showtime etc., and 4) exclusive access to premium live sports
events such as English Premier League, UEFA Champions League, and the NFL. Prime
Video is at the forefront of the entertainment industry and growing fast - now
available in over 240 countries and territories worldwide – and we work in a
dynamic, and exciting environment where innovating on behalf of our customers is
at the heart of everything we do.

We are seeking a leader for our Client Edge Services team which is responsible
for to simplifying, accelerating, and scaling the delivery of customer
experiences through client edge experiments and launched features. The leader
needs to be operationally and technically deep, understand the customer
experience, and who is equally at ease at driving excellence in process design
as in technical solutions and product definition. The candidate needs to be
proven at leading teams with influence over large engineering teams in and
outside their organization.

As the leader of the team, you'll be at the forefront of Prime Video's technical
infrastructure, driving innovations that directly impact millions of customers
worldwide.

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
• 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

Nice To Haves

• 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

• Lead and mentor a team of talented software engineers building mission-critical services at Prime Video
• Drive strategic and architectural decisions that balance performance, scalability, across Prime Video
• Partner across Prime Video to gather requirements and influence direction
• Ensure operational excellence of systems handling large-scale, high blast-radius systems
• Develop and execute on technical roadmaps aligned with Prime Video's growth initiatives
• Foster a culture of engineering excellence and continuous improvement

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed