Job Information
Amazon Senior Software Development Manager, Retail Business Services in Bangalore, India
Description
Are you interested in designing and delivering solutions for complex and high impact business problems?
Retail Business Services (RBS) supports Amazon’s Retail business growth WW through three core tasks. These are (a) Selection, where RBS sources, creates and enriches ASINs to drive GMS growth; (b) Defect elimination: where RBS resolves inbound supply chain defects and develops root cause fixes to improve free cash flow; and (c) supports operational process for WW Retail teams where there is an air gap in the tech stack. The RBS tech team develops automation that leverages Machine/Deep Learning to scale execution of these high complexity tasks that currently require human cognitive skills and also focuses on platforms for 100% of catalog enhancements / corrections.
The ideal candidate is one who thrives on understanding the complexity of software systems, and brings a nuanced understanding of different aspects of automation technologies spanning machine learning, big data processing and natural language processing. The candidate should be able to generalize platforms and services that can be applied to a wide variety of use cases enabling reuse and hence enabling faster roll outs to support business. You will work with technical and non-technical users, including engineers, product managers, business owners, program managers and operations teams, to design and implement key initiatives for automating large scale processes that drive Amazon’s retail engine. You need to be able to plan and coordinate complex discussions between our team, our dependencies, and our clients. Your strong management skills will be utilized to help deliver critical projects that meet various business and inter-org requirements. You are willing and able to get deep into the technical details, are proactive in removing roadblocks, pave the way for innovation, and can handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
The successful candidate is an experienced software development leader who understands and sets a high bar for all parts of the software development and deployment lifecycle, including design, development, documentation, testing and operations. You must possess strong verbal and written communication skills, be self-driven and deliver high quality results in a fast paced environment. You need to really enjoy working with their customers and peers, and help plan and deliver results that matter for the business.
Key job responsibilities
Lead software development teams to deliver high impact technology products to solve complex business problems
Grow and hire talent
Partner with business teams to identify customer problems and drive tech innovation to solve them
Manage stakeholders and leverage companywide mechanisms to scale
Basic Qualifications
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
Preferred Qualifications
Experience partnering with product and program management teams
Experience designing and developing large scale, high-traffic applications