Amazon’s Payments team is looking for a passionate, results-oriented inventive
Software Development Manager. As the development manager, you'll lead a talented
and nimble team of engineers. Responsibilities include direct management of 8+
engineers, process and quality of service improvements, strategic planning,
project management for software within the team, and management of resources
across teams. Successful candidates will be strong leaders who can prioritize
well, communicate clearly, and have a consistent track record of delivery. The
business requires creative engineering balanced with high quality and customer
focus.
Key job responsibilities
• Hire, motivate, mentor, and grow a high-performing engineering team, providing
them with appropriate opportunities to succeed in their career objectives.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams: Work effectively with product
managers and software engineers on other Commerce Platform teams to ensure the
successful delivery of features.
• Ensure timely execution of key organizational goals and customer launches by
removing blockers and reducing execution risks.
• Work closely with the leadership team to provide input on OP1, roadmaps, and
strategic discussions.
• Develop the long-term strategy for your programs and translate that into an
achievable road map/action plan
• Be deeply involved with engineers to architect and develop the best technical
designs and approaches.
• Build operational excellence to reduce lead times and maintain the operations
of critical services.
• Manage the day-to-day activities of the engineering team within an Agile/Scrum
environment
• Clearly communicate technical decisions and progress to both technical and
non-technical audiences.
• Report on status of development, quality, operations, and system performance
to management
Professional traits that are not unique to this position, but necessary for
Amazon leaders:
• Exhibits excellent judgment
• Hires and develops great people
• Has relentlessly high standards (is never satisfied with the status quo)
• Is able to dive deep and is never out of touch with the details of the
business or the technology
• Expects and requires innovation of her/his team
• Has passion and convictions and the innate ability to inspire passion in
others
• Strong results orientation
• Thinks big
A day in the life
As an SDM in Amazon Payment Products org, you will lead a high-performing
engineering team, collaborate with cross-functional team of PMs, TPMs,
Designers. You will also directly work with external finance partners and
deliver the best-in-class payment products for Amazon customers.
About the team
At Amazon Payment Products (APP), we delight our customers with rewards, credit,
installments and the simplicity to buy across borders. Amazon Payment Products
serves tens of millions of customers worldwide through a global portfolio of
products, delighting them with best-in-class rewards, easy access to credit as
well as the simplicity to sell or buy cross-border on Amazon in their local
currency. The global portfolio of products APP currently negotiates, builds, and
manages includes Co-brand Credit Cards, Private Label Credit Cards, Shop with
Points, Installments (Buy Now, Pay Later), and Amazon Currency Converter for
Sellers and Buyers. Under Amazon’s long-term commitment to innovating on behalf
of customers, APP constantly seeks to launch new payment and financial services
products, features and programs worldwide which make shopping on Amazon ever
more rewarding and convenient for customers.
