Amazon External Payments is building the foundational capabilities for Agentic Payments. As a Software Development Manager (SDM), you will own the development of these core building blocks, enabling intelligent agents to complete purchases on behalf of customers. You will collaborate closely with AWS to design and deliver payment primitives for the AWS agent core, set the technical vision for your team, influence the broader technology roadmap, and drive continuous architectural and performance improvements.
Amazon External Payments is one of Amazon’s fastest-growing businesses. It enables e-commerce websites to accept payments using the payment methods stored in customers’ Amazon.com accounts, allowing users to seamlessly pay for goods and services beyond Amazon. The platform also allows customers to manage preferences and view their off-Amazon transaction history. Hundreds of thousands of users complete millions of transactions worldwide through Amazon Pay. Our teams build software across the entire stack, from customer-facing interfaces to highly scalable backend systems.
If you’re excited to work in a fast-paced, startup-like environment within Amazon and help shape the future of payments beyond Amazon.com, this is the role for you. We are looking for passionate, experienced Software Development Managers who are driven to use technology to solve complex business problems and deliver meaningful impact at scale.

Basic Qualifications

• 7+ years of engineering experience
• 3+ years of engineering team management 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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