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| Company: | Amazon |
| Industry: | IT / Software Development |
| Country: | United States |
| State/Province: | Washington |
| City: | Seattle |
| Post Date: | 04/24/2024 10:35 PM |
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DESCRIPTION Bring the magic of Live TV to Fire TV customers!! The Amazon Kindle, Fire tablets, Echo and Fire TV are revolutionary consumer devices that have become the #1 best-selling Amazon products. They are among the most innovative and fastest growing businesses at both Amazon and the entire consumer electronics industry. The Amazon Fire TV team is looking for a passionate, results-oriented manager to help lead the Fire TV Live Customer experiences team. Imagine being able to drive the architecture and design of Live TV. Imagine working towards bringing Live experiences like the Super Bowl, Oscars and Grammy's to customers. Imagine being part of a key vertical of the Fire TV business that in international markets like UK and DE is critical to launch and sell TVs!! If you can imagine any of these, then you WANT to work on this team because we're making them reality, and we've only just begun! You will drive key engineering and business decisions that impact Amazon's long-term vision for Live TV that Fire TV customers love! Here on the Fire TV team, we are dedicated to creating the most engaging entertainment platform for the whole family, worldwide. As a Software Development Manager, you will be responsible for hiring and leading a team of engineers responsible for building high performing, fluid applications that interact with large scale distributed systems. In this position you will partner with product managers, project managers, and other internal partners. A successful candidate will have an established background with strong technical ability, excellent project management skills, great communication skills and motivation to achieve results in a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate will be passionate about simple and elegant software solutions and focus on improving performance. The leader we are looking for will bring proven experience building, managing and mentoring engineering teams. In this role, you will: • Work closely with the engineers to architect and develop the best technical design and approach • Instill best practices for software development and documentation, assure designs meet requirements and deliver high-quality work on tight schedules • Manage departmental resources, staffing and mentoring and enhance and maintain a best-in-class engineering team. • Maintain and improve existing software • Prepare technical requirements and software design specifications • Report on status of development, quality, operations and system performance to management We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations: Seattle, WA, USA 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 - 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 working on Android based software development PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS - 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 Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us. Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $148,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $287,700/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site. | |
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