DESCRIPTION
Amazon Advertising Trust team is responsible for moderating all kind of ads before it becomes eligible for publishing to the customer. This team moderates millions of ads on monthly basis. As the whole ad industry is influenced by latest advancements in AIGen technology, we expect ads to be more complex and versatile in nature with exponential increase in volumes. The sheer volume multiplied by variety of content makes this problem space an interesting and challenging place to be in. This provides a great opportunity for engineering and science teams to scale up our systems and science adoption to take on next generation advertising complexity and scale without human interventions.
Key job responsibilities
As a Software Development Manager, you will…
– Independently lead a team of Software Development Engineers (SDEs).
– Own the critical technologies of major product, own engineering vision for your team, contribute to product vision.
– Define the technological roadmap by partnering up with Sr. SDEs, Principal Engineers and Product Managers.
– Collaborate with Operations, Policy and other Ad Product teams across globe.
– Communicate to define the functional and technical architecture of engineering teams, making sure that they align with Advertising Trust team’s business strategy and priorities.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
– 7+ years of engineering experience
– 3+ years of engineering team management 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 delivering products against plan in a fast-paced, multi-disciplined, distributed-responsibility and often ambiguous environment
– Experience designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems
– Experience partnering with product and program management teams
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
– Experience managing a team of high calibre Software Engineers developing complex, world class, scalable software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers
– Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior leadership to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategy