OverviewDo you want to ensure a delightful shopping experience for millions of Amazon.com customers everyday?The Intelligent Cloud Hosting (ICON) team is looking for a Software Development Manager who is passionate to work on the development of innovative software products which will help boost engineers productivity in Amazon, for improving services’ posture towards security, availability, efficiency, compliance and maintainability. We aim to eliminate vast quantities of undifferentiated and often tedious work for Amazon development teams - our opportunity for impact to tens of thousands of developers is enormous.ResponsibilitiesAs a Software Development Manager in the ICON team, you will be working on the development of next generation managed hosting platform technologies. You will:Lead the design, implementation, and successful delivery of large-scale, critical, or difficult software efforts involving a significant amount of work.Influence your team’s technical and business strategy by making insightful contributions to team priorities and approach.Collaborate with strategic technical stakeholders and customers at both the senior leadership and operational levels to develop new products that meet the needs of the Amazon e-Commerce platform.Partner with multiple teams to develop novel ways to make our retail website more secure and available for Amazon customers.Solve complex challenges by looking at the big picture while diving deep.The right candidate will possess proven software engineering skills, with experience creating and launching large distributed systems with the help of a team. You are expected to be versatile, able to thrive in a dynamic, entrepreneurial environment and eager to lead/mentor engineers. You are comfortable managing competing priorities and are able to bring order to ambiguous scenarios. Maturity, impeccable judgment, and the ability to influence and lead are essential to success in this role. You are data-driven and analytical. You can clearly and effectively communicate (written as well as verbally) across organizations and up to senior leadership.The Dublin team consists of System and Software Development Engineers and an Applied Scientist, so you will have access to all the skills you need to produce all round solutions.About The TeamThe ICON team hosts Amazon websites and backend platform services that power the customer experience. We abstract and centralize the management from service teams, bring agility to business processes, and operate 100s of Tier-1 services on behalf of our internal customers. ICON is an early adopter of Amazon’s product offerings and automates the management and operational activities on behalf of developers to strengthen services’ posture towards security, availability, and efficiency so that service developers can innovate on behalf of Amazon’s end customers. The ICON team is located within the Intelligent Control (ICC) organization which owns connecting our worldwide websites and other consumer experiences such as Kindle, Amazon Video, and Alexa to the internet, and ensuring the highest level of availability, security and privacy of the web services that power the experience we deliver to our customers worldwide.Basic QualificationsKnowledge 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 operationsExperience in engineering team managementExperience in engineeringExperience in leading the definition and development of multi tier web servicesExperience partnering with product and program management teamsPreferred QualificationsExperience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior leadership to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategyExperience in recruiting, hiring, mentoring/coaching and managing teams of Software Engineers to improve their skills, and make them more effective, product software engineersA good faith effort is made to provide equal employment opportunities. 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. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. 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 the accommodations page for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.Company - Amazon Development Centre Ireland LimitedJob ID: A3195963
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