Amazon

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Join Amazon's Design Technologies Organization, where we're revolutionizing the future of engineering through innovative enterprise applications powered by artificial intelligence. Our team develops enterprise solutions that combine generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) with advanced Computer-Aided Design (CAD) systems to transform how Amazon's engineering teams work worldwide. We leverage AWS cloud computing and state-of-the-art machine learning technologies to create scalable, intelligent tools that accelerate product development, automate complex design processes, and enable unprecedented engineering collaboration across Amazon's diverse product portfolio. If you're passionate about pushing the boundaries of what's possible at the intersection of AI, engineering, and enterprise software, and want to make a significant impact on how the world's most customer-centric company builds products, we want to hear from you.

The Design Technologies organization is looking for a Software Development Manager who can lead its Asia operations and can continue to grow the team and advance the state-of-the art in our domain. Your team will be responsible for exploring latest technologies, bringing those advancements to build scalable enterprise software applications.

Key job responsibilities

• Recruit, hire, mentor, and manage teams of software and system engineers.
• Foster career growth and a strong team culture.
• Interface with customers to understand requirements, set priorities, and communicate direction and progress.
• Own all operational metrics and support for your team’s software.
• Manage the agile development process and methodology to deliver tech requirements on time and with a high-degree of precision and quality.
• Coordinate with stakeholders in other groups, drive alignment across multiple orgs on shared goals and initiatives
• Make long term org design decisions, architectural decisions.
• Help develop long-term business and technology strategies.
• Drive improvements in software engineering practices.

About the team

Mission: Design Technologies team creates software solutions to enhance efficiency and effectiveness of Amazon's product development teams.

Vision: Expand and improve platforms, tools, and services for current users and new business units, reducing startup delays.

Overview: DT provides 60+ engineering tools for 10,000+ users across Amazon, managing software procurement, budgeting, and licensing. We focus on innovations in CAD, HPC, desktop virtualization, unified search, analytics, recommendation engines, and device sustainability. While primarily serving Amazon Devices, our solutions are available to other Amazon teams and Amazon external customers

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• 5+ years of people management experience, managing engineers
• 5+ years of experience as a development manager building and leading strong engineering teams
• 3+ years of experience architecting and designing (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling)
• 7+ years of relevant software development experience
• Bachelors or advanced degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related technical discipline
• Experience in partnering with product and program management, UX, and science teams
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner to a variety of audiences

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related technical discipline
• 7+ years of software development experience as a manager
• Experience designing software architectures for scalability, reliability and performance using AWS and genAI technologies
• Experience establishing and evolving engineering development processes

Our 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 https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.