Job Description
Amazon Kindle has changed the way books are published, sold, and read across the globe. Independent authors are now able to publish and sell direct to readers through Kindle and print-on-demand offerings, enabling them to reach audiences never before available. Kindle readers are able to download any book in any language in sixty seconds. Come be a part of changing the way the world reads.
Amazon is looking for a talented and enthusiastic Software Development Manager (SDM) to join the Kindle Content business. The New Kindle Reading Foundation team works on revolutionizing next generation of reading possibilities for millions of customers and thinks ahead in the space to bring more stronger foundations to delight our growing customers of different personas. We are responsible for building ideas from inception to delivery and own the Kindle Content experience foundational tech stacks which brings positive impact to our Customers, Publishers and Authors. We also work across the diverse Kindle Technologies across teams to deliver the delighting experience for our customers on time and raise the bar on engineering excellence on building content experiences at lost cost.
The Software Development Manager of this team will be responsible for managing the team’s roadmap, creating innovating culture to bring ideas to delight our customers, working with product managers in shaping the ideas to a fine product features, working with diverse stakeholders to deliver the right things at the right time, reviewing design/architectures, guiding team with right technical choices and hiring & creating right opportunities to grow the team. The team’s software is backed by C/C++, Internal services and 3P libraries.
The ideal candidate will have a background in computer science, have an affinity to being a leader, have experience running software teams with Agile methodologies, and experience owning a product roadmap for shipping software.
- 7+ years of engineering experience
- 3+ years of engineering team management experience
- 5+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems 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 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
