▷ 3 Days Left Software Development Manager, Alexa Daily Essentials, Alexa Daily Essentials

DESCRIPTIONAlexa is Amazon s cloud-based voice service that powers the Echo Family of Devices Just ask Alexa for weather kitchen recipe time and more It s still Day One for Alexa - we have a lot to innovate and build We re working hard having fun and making history come join us We re a high energy fast growth business excited to have the opportunity to define the future make Alexa even more useful and delight customers around the world We are seeking a Software SDM to join our team in Alexa to build and deliver a brand new in Alexa This is a critical role to and deliver the in a complex space spanning global services hundreds of devices dozens of features and both graphic and voice-based user interfaces Join a pioneering team dedicated to transforming the way people Pick Purchase and Prepare Food daily We are seeking passionate individuals who thrive in dynamic environments and are eager to shape the future of customers cooking journey Charter of the Alexa Food team is to help customers manage simplify and streamline a necessary and essential daily chore - Pick Purchase and Prepare healthy food and save money As a SDM for the Alexa Food team you will own and drive a high performing engineering team that is building critical features on Alexa In addition to that you will participate in developing our strategy and vision and you will work with other teams to develop and look after product roadmaps and features based on team strategy and vision This role is inherently cross-functional you will work closely with other Alexa engineering teams design operations finance and executive teams to bring features to market and develop and grow business opportunities for Amazon A successful candidate will be a great people manager who hires and develops the best highly analytical able to work extremely effectively in a matrix organization and adept at synthesizing a variety of technologies and capabilities into high quality simple products and applications that customers love Key job responsibilities xc2xb7 Manage high performing engineering team growing the careers of junior and senior SDEs xc2xb7 Manage prioritization and trade-offs among customer experience performance and operational support load xc2xb7 Create buy-in for the product vision both internally and with key external partners xc2xb7 Work closely with engineering teams and product owners to deliver products to market xc2xb7 Proactively identify and resolve strategic issues that may impair the team s ability to meet strategic financial and technical goalsCome and help define the future products that Alexa Food is building to delight Alexa customers BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 3 years of engineering team management experience - 7 years of engineering 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 designing or architecting design patterns reliability and scaling of new and existing systemsPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS- 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 engineersOur inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process including support for the interview or onboarding process please visit for more information If the country region you re applying in isn t listed please contact your Recruiting Partner