Prime Video is transforming how customers discover and experience entertainment. We are a premium streaming service offering an endless selection of movies, TV shows, sports, and more - all tailored to each customer's unique interests. Our vast library includes thousands of popular movies and TV series, critically-acclaimed Amazon Originals, exciting live sports, and exclusive content you won't find anywhere else. With Prime Video, customers can easily find their next favorite show, rent or buy new releases, or subscribe to premium add-on channels - all within a seamless, personalized experience. Prime Video is available globally in over 240 countries and territories, bringing the best of entertainment to customers worldwide. We are passionate storytellers committed to fostering connections between creators and audiences through unforgettable viewing experiences. The Prime Video Advertising team is at the forefront of revolutionizing the streaming advertising landscape. Our mission is to deliver ad tech solutions that power Prime Video's rapidly growing advertising business. We focus on a wide range of critical areas including ad ingestion, ad delivery, client-side ad experiences, machine learning-driven optimization, ad tracking, and audience measurement. We’re responsible for advertising across video-on-demand (VOD), live streaming, and display ads on Prime Video, delivering value to both advertisers and viewers worldwide.
We're seeking a Software Development Manager (SDM) to deliver innovative display advertising formats on Prime Video. As the SDM of this team, you will lead and own some of PV’s most critical software, which is responsible for curating and delivering PV's most anticipated content to our customers. You will ensure that your software is able to meet and scale to the evolving needs of PV. You will define the vision and roadmap for the team. You will recruit, hire and lead software development engineers to deliver this vision. You will set a high bar for operations within your team and own the metrics for your software and programs. You’ll get to work on projects that are fast-paced, challenging, and varied. You’ll also be able to experiment with new possibilities, take risks, and collaborate with remarkable people. We’ll look for you to bring your diverse perspectives, ideas, and skill-sets to make Prime Video even better for our customers. With global opportunities for talented technologists, you can decide where a career Prime Video Tech takes you!
Key job responsibilities
- You independently manage a team of SDEs. You are able to assess SDE performance and have experience managing both high and low performers.
- You define the strategic vision for your team, partnering effectively with customers and stakeholders.
- You establish a roadmap and successfully deliver software that executes that vision.
- You are able to independently make short-term vs. long-term decisions. You make crisp decisions about what projects move forward and in what priority order.
- You proactively identify risks and bring them to the attention of your manager, customers, and stakeholders with plans for mitigation before they become roadblocks.
- You communicate ideas effectively, both verbally and in writing, to all types of audiences.
- You work successfully with customers, leaders, and other engineering teams. You foster a constructive dialogue, harmonize discordant views, and lead the resolution of contentious issues.
- You define metrics to measure team development progress, customer experience, and operational excellence.
- You improve the quality of the software operational performance metrics owned by your team.
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 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
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USA, NY, New York - 203,400.00 - 275,200.00 USD annually