The Creators organization at Amazon is seeking an experienced Software Development Manager to lead one of our core engineering teams and help reimagine social shopping. We own the Associates and Influencer programs across Amazon, with a mission to become Earth's most desired destination for commerce creators worldwide and their content. As we scale rapidly, we must continually innovate to define and build new ways to compensate and reward our creators—from capturing creator-driven events and applying the right incentives, to orchestrating earnings systems and ensuring timely, accurate payouts while maintaining compliance standards.

As a Software Development Manager, you will lead an engineering team that designs, develops, tests, and deploys customer-facing technology products. This role requires deep technical expertise, excellent leadership skills, and strong business judgment. You'll be responsible for globally deployed services that deliver exceptional customer experiences while solving broad industry challenges.

If you thrive in high-ambiguity environments and want your work to directly impact a fast-growing business with global reach, join us in building the future of creator commerce at Amazon!

Key job responsibilities
As an experienced Software Development Manager with proven leadership expertise, you will:

• Lead end-to-end architecture, design, implementation, support, and evaluation of technology-focused tools and services
• Provide leadership and innovation in designing and implementing services that enable new products, leveraging your deep technical expertise
• Evaluate complex business and technical requirements, communicating inherent risks and solutions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders using strong business acumen
• Serve as the primary point of contact for project deliverables, managing expectations, priorities, technologies, and technical decisions across cross-functional teams
• Establish consistent project management processes, standards, and guidelines across program-wide initiatives
• Hire, develop, and manage high-performing engineering teams effectively with a results-oriented mindset
• Thrive in high-ambiguity environments, balancing technical and business priorities while driving customer impact at scale

A day in the life
You'll collaborate with diverse stakeholders—software engineers, product teams, business partners, and marketing—to deliver complex, high-quality, scalable products deployed worldwide. You'll be at the forefront of innovation, architecting robust systems, optimizing performance, and ensuring seamless integration across multiple platforms. Your expertise will be crucial in tackling complex challenges that meet the evolving needs of our global user base.

About the team
We're revolutionizing how content creators worldwide earn and engage. From small bloggers to major influencers, we offer innovative solutions leveraging new technology and data-driven insights. You'll work in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment with big-company resources, tackling complex challenges that shape the future of creator commerce. Our end-to-end ownership means endless opportunities for innovation and growth as we empower creators, delight customers, and stay ahead in the ever-evolving digital landscape.

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

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, NY, New York - 203,400.00 - 275,200.00 USD annually