Senior Software Development Manager

• 10+ years of relevant engineering experience
• 5+ years of experience, managing engineers and managers
• Experience in partnering with product and program management teams

Amazon Photos helps consumers preserve and re-live their memories. The service comes with unlimited photo storage for Prime members and apps are available on iOS, Android, Web, Desktop, Fire Tablet & Fire TV. The service is also integrated into Alexa devices such as Echo Show and Echo Spot. Amazon Photos is the latest digital offering to consumers released on the heels of the Amazon Music and Amazon Video offerings. We have bold goals to scale growth and adoption of the service around the world and delight our customers with a great product.

What you will do: You will provide senior leadership and vision to the software teams building Amazon Photos solutions for Alexa, Echo Show, FireTV and other multi-media devices as well as the associated mobile apps. In this role, you'll manage and grow four current teams and build out additional teams as needed which collectively own all aspects of Photos software on devices. You'll ensure that the best engineering practices are followed and that our software is of the highest quality. You will be a key contributor in our product vision, partnering with product management teams to develop and deliver a customer delighting roadmap of features. You will work closely with other teams throughout Amazon to design and architect solutions that will scale to millions of customers.

What we are looking for: You are an experienced senior Software Development Manager who has a track record of building teams and shipping great customer-facing software solutions in complex environments. You are comfortable with ambiguity. You can work with partners, program manager and product managers to develop and deliver strategic roadmaps. You are a skilled agile practitioner, especially at the "team of teams" level. You look for ways to align the technology with the business. You are excited about the opportunity to grow this strategically important vertical.

Why you want to be on the Photos team: We’re technology professionals, photographers and photo enthusiasts who are genuinely passionate about how we can make preserving and re-living digital photographs a simple joy. We’re a close-knit team of friendly, collaborative people who love working together and having fun together. We’re super smart and love learning. And did I mention that we also love our dogs?

• Experience working at the junction of software and consumer hardware.
• Experience with fat-client software, thin-client delivery and services.
• Experience with mobile applications on iOS and Android.
• SAFe certification.