Software Development Manager, ASK Developer Tools, ACT

Software Development Manager, ASK Developer Tools, ACT

Job ID: 2861239 | Amazon.com Services LLC

Job summary
Interested in Amazon Alexa? Come work on the engine behind it - Alexa Skills Kit. We own an expanding collection of services and APIs for ambient computing, which will enable both Amazon and third party developers to deliver cutting-edge multi-modal experiences to their customers wherever Alexa is present - devices, mobile apps, and web clients. We’re working hard, having fun, making history; come join us!

As a Software Development Manager on the ASK Developer Tools team, you will lead and develop a group of experienced engineers who are incredibly technical, agile, data driven, and highly collaborative. Your focus in this role will be to improve and expand the set of core AI and LLM-supported capabilities of Skills by creating an extensible, robust and scalable prompt management ecosystem. You will work closely with Product Managers, Applied Scientists, Language Engineers, and Software Engineers across multiple teams to design, develop, test, and deploy a range of products and features to improve overall skill development and management. You will own a portfolio of services that power the core developer experience for building voice-centric applications. An ideal candidate will have an established background in building developer experiences, an interest in natural language understanding, a strong technical ability, excellent project management skills, great communication skills, and motivation to achieve results in a fast-paced environment.

If you have an entrepreneurial spirit, know how to deliver, are deeply technical, highly innovative, and long for the opportunity to build pioneering solutions to challenging problems, we want to talk to you.

Key job responsibilities

1. End-to-end development lifecycle of products under ownership
2. Management and execution against project plans and delivery commitments
3. Management of planning and day-to-day activities of the engineering team within an Agile/Scrum environment
4. Management of departmental resources, staffing, mentoring, and enhancing and maintaining a best-in-class engineering team
5. Work closely with engineers to architect and develop technical designs and approaches that will stand the test of time
6. Report on status of development, quality, operations, and system performance to management

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

1. 3+ years of engineering team management experience
2. 7+ years of engineering experience
3. 8+ years of leading the definition and development of multi-tier web services experience
4. 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
5. Experience partnering with product or program management teams

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

1. Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior leadership to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategy
2. 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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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $166,400/year in our lowest geographic market up to $287,700/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit this link.

Posted: January 13, 2025 (Updated about 3 hours ago)