Software Development Manager, APS, Publisher Products

Description Amazon Advertising operates at the intersection of e-Commerce and Advertising, offering a rich array of digital advertising solutions with the goal of helping our customers find and discover anything they want to buy. We build programmatic advertising products for campaigns spanning Video, Audio and Display across Amazon properties (e.g., Amazon.com, IMDb TV, Twitch, Fire TV, and Amazon Music) and tens of thousands of third-party websites and apps. We start with the customer and work backwards in everything we do, including advertising. If you're interested in joining a rapidly growing team working to build a unique, world-class advertising group with a relentless focus on the customer, you've come to the right place. Amazon Publisher Services (APS) is a suite of cloud-based services that helps publishers build thriving digital businesses. The team is responsible for building advertising technology services, products and infrastructure that help publishers to grow their businesses through better quality advertising for publishers and buyers, and more relevant ads for viewers. In this role, you will manage a team of engineers building advertising products and infrastructure for our publisher customers. You are a product minded SDM, working closely with our publisher customers and cross teams at Amazon to build products that will shape the future of advertising services. This is a high-impact role that requires big-picture thinking, but also strong execution, technical depth, analytical rigor and excellent communication. Key job responsibilities - Lead and manage a team of engineers providing direction, support, and fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment. - Define the multi-year vision, technical roadmap and strategy for your team working with Engineering leaders and Principal Engineers. - Be deeply involved in technical architecture and design. Lead the team in making ambiguous technical decisions and tradeoffs. Proactively manage and mitigate technical risks, particularly integration risks. - Collaborate cross-functionally with Product Management, Account Management, Solutions Architects, and other stakeholders to align priorities and deliver on business objectives. - Develop and implement best practices, processes, mechanisms and standards to optimize team productivity and ensure high-quality software deliverables. Basic Qualifications - 3+ years of engineering team management experience - 7+ years of working directly within engineering teams experience - 3+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems 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 Preferred Qualifications - Experience partnering with product and program management teams - Experience designing and developing large scale, high-traffic applications - Experience with ad-tech Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company's reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. 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