Software Development Manager, Prime Video Checkout
Job ID: 2875799 | Amazon Development Centre (London) Limited
Come build the future of entertainment with us. Are you interested in shaping the future of movies and television? Do you want to define the next generation of how and what Amazon customers are watching?
Prime Video is a premium streaming service that offers customers a vast collection of TV shows and movies - all with the ease of finding what they love to watch in one place. We offer customers thousands of popular movies and TV shows including Amazon Originals and exclusive licensed content to exciting live sports events. Prime Video is a fast-paced, growth business - available in over 200 countries and territories worldwide. If this sounds exciting to you, please read on.
Are you passionate about building, managing and leading a team of engineers who are embarking on a journey to build the next generation of Checkout architecture to accelerate PV’s growth in the next 3-5 years? Your team will be helping millions of customers around the world to subscribe to Prime, TV channels or purchase/rent movies and enjoy live sports.
If so, this is the role for you! Prime Videos Checkout team is looking for a manager to lead a team of engineers who will be working on next generation architecture that supports customers who want to subscribe for Prime, TV Channels, Live sports or to Rent/Buy the hottest movies and TV shows.
Key job responsibilities
As an engineering manager, you lead a team of smart engineers based in London, UK, and invest in their growth. You work with the team, stakeholders, and product to refine mechanisms to effectively collaborate, make faster decisions, and deliver on time. You act as an owner to your services and team to deliver for customers and make decisions in their best interest. Collaboration is key to being successful in this role as we have many stakeholders and own a critical customer experience for Prime Video.
You will work with product, Customer Service, UX team, program managers, and key stakeholders globally to identify the right opportunities that your team should focus on. You will provide the engineering team with your input in design, development, testing, and operations for programs that own systems and services. You will represent your teams progress in regular management status update meetings and invest in developing team members to map their aspirations with our long-term vision.
A day in the life
You will lead a team that has a mix of tenured and relatively new engineers. You will work with product, stakeholders, partner teams, and program managers globally to identify the right opportunities that your team should focus on and build the next generation of the architecture to support PV’s growth. You will have the opportunity to work on long-term technical strategy and build a roadmap to deliver on it while balancing work-life harmony.
About the team
The team is critical to PV and plays a key role in ensuring systems and services scale and work so customers can easily subscribe to enjoy the content they love. You will be a part of a wider Checkout organization with experienced leaders to help you learn and grow.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
* 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 in engineering
* Experience in leading the definition and development of multi-tier web services
* Experience working directly within engineering teams
* Experience managing engineers
* Experience designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and existing systems
* Experience partnering with product or program management teams
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
Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build.
Posted: February 5, 2025 (Updated about 13 hours ago)
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