Software Development Manager, Transparency

Amazon • Bellevue, WA

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About The Position

Amazon Transparency is tackling a $1.7 trillion global retail industry
challenge: preventing supply chain defects including counterfeit products across
all retail channels. Our vision is to establish the industry standard for
global, retail-agnostic track and trace capabilities that scale beyond Amazon's
ecosystem.

In this role, you will:

Define technical direction: Lead architectural decisions for complex,
distributed systems that operate at Amazon scale, balancing innovation with
operational excellence
Drive end-to-end ownership: Take full ownership of services from design through
implementation, deployment, and ongoing operations
Solve ambiguous problems: Navigate complex technical and business challenges
with limited guidance, breaking down large problems into executable solutions
Influence product strategy: Partner closely with product managers and senior
engineers to shape customer experiences and business outcomes based on technical
feasibility and system constraints
Mentor and elevate: Raise the technical bar for the team through code reviews,
design discussions, and knowledge sharing
Balance speed and quality: Deliver rapidly while building robust, scalable
solutions that minimize future re-engineering

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
• Master's degree

Responsibilities

• Design and implement complex, scalable software systems and robust APIs
• Mentor engineers, conduct code reviews, and establish best practices
• Make architectural trade-offs balancing business needs and technical constraints
• Ensure system reliability, security, and scalability in production
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on requirements and roadmap execution
• Troubleshoot performance issues and participate in on-call rotations
• Anticipate bottlenecks and provide escalation management

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