Sr Manager, Graphics & Display, Amazon Device OS

Amazon • Sunnyvale, CA

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About The Position

The Amazon Devices org designs and engineers high-profile consumer electronics, including the best-selling Kindle family of products. We have also produced groundbreaking devices like Fire tablets, Fire TV, Amazon Dash, and Amazon Echo. Amazon Devices is looking for a Senior Manager in Graphics & Display to develop and deliver core components of our graphics and rendering stacks. In this role, you will be a highly visible leader that will own the communication, coordination, planning, design and execution for the key rendering stack components across multiple Device OS programs. You will engage with senior product and peer engineering leaders to define and drive the forward looking technical roadmap for graphics for Vega OS. You will provide key technical leadership to ensure the delivery of a robust and performant solutions across a range of product categories. You will hire and develop the best, and uphold a high bar for all deliverables. About the team The Device OS team invents ways to help customers develop complex applications deployed on multiple device types. Developer experience ensures the software product is fully usable, well-designed, functional, and easy to navigate. This role interacts with multiple teams and will be responsible for external developers management including the product externalization process and the developer portal to cover learning materials and tutorials, well-written documentation, reference apps etc. About the team The Device OS Graphics & Display team owns delivery of key components of the rendering stack for Amazon's Vega and Fire OS platforms. The team consists of world class graphics engineers and take on some of Device OS most challenging assignments to deliver highly performant solutions across products with a wide range of h/w capabilities.

Requirements

• 10+ years of engineering experience
• 5+ years of engineering team management experience
• 10+ years of planning, designing, developing and delivering consumer software experience
• Experience partnering with product or program management teams
• Experience managing multiple concurrent programs, projects and development teams in an Agile environment
• Experience partnering with product and program management teams
• Experience designing and developing large scale, high-traffic applications

Responsibilities

• Lead a world class engineering organization of principal engineers and engineering managers.
• Provide clear and strong technical leadership for the core parts of Device OS graphics and rendering solutions
• Lead multiple, complex cross-program initiatives and ensure consistent and reliable high quality delivery that delights our customers.
• Work closely with product and peer engineering teams to define near term and long term technical roadmaps
• Provide guidance, mentorship and growth opportunities for your team mambers.
• Provide clear technical guidance and decision making to ensure the longer term resilience of the Device OS rendering stack
• Ensure reliable and timely delivery of customer commitments
• Build, grow and develop a world class engineering organization

What This Job Offers

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