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Job summary
Our mission is to reimagine and build amazing connected experiences for Amazonians that meet and follow people wherever they are in their life and journey at Amazon. We enable Amazon businesses to grow and innovate, while maintaining a world class connected experience for all of us at Amazon.

Amazon is constantly challenging existing assumptions about the way things work and reinventing as we approach new challenges and opportunities. We€™re taking that entrepreneurial, revolutionary spirit and applying it to how we imagine and deliver innovative experiences to support our growing employee base. Amazon€™s peculiar culture is one of the primary reasons we€™ve been so successful in so many diverse areas, and we need your help in engineering and launching the core technology that helps enable our culture and our amazing employees around the world.

We are looking for a Senior Manager Software Development to lead a top-tier team of engineers who own the data security and privacy services which protect the personal data for millions of Amazonians. This role will require a strong team orientation, the desire to partner with PMTs and stakeholders, grit and optimism to overcome obstacles, and operating as a servant leader. Our technology solutions support a diverse, global workforce who depend on our systems to be accessible anywhere and anytime.

Key job responsibilities
€¢ Single-threaded owner of a group of talented managers and engineers building the future of data security and privacy at massive, Amazon-level scale.
€¢ Lead software development teams responsible for obsessing over security and privacy to protect the data of Amazonians, including compliance with global laws and regulations.
€¢ Manage the architecture, design, implementation, test, and deployment of software using Agile practices with exceptional quality.
€¢ Collaborate with PMTs on roadmaps, priorities, planning, forecasting and tradeoffs to bring to life amazing new capabilities for services that you own.
€¢ Coach and mentor engineers and managers, provide leadership on complex technical issues, design tradeoffs, and feature and schedule prioritization.
€¢ Manage the operational readiness and resiliency of tier-1 services that you own.
€¢ Seek opportunities to reduce duplication while innovating.
€¢ Build successful partnerships with peers and leaders in Amazon, while adding your experience and knowledge so we continuously improve.
€¢ Work with senior executives to develop plans, resource requirements, and influence our technical and business strategy.
€¢ Recruit, hire, and grow cross-functional teams, including software engineers, technical program managers, software development managers, data engineers.

A day in the life
We are part of Amazon People Experience and Technology, an organization of 60,000+ people supporting Amazonians. Working with your product partner, you will discover solutions that delight customers, plan and execute software development using Agile practices, and release to production at a very high tempo.

About the team
The People Engine team owns the data exchange, security and privacy services and applications at the very heart of how we€™re creating revolutionary experiences at massive scale for Amazonians, built on AWS infrastructure.

The team is open to candidates in different locations. Boston, Arlington, Toronto Ontario.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

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

€¢ 5+ years experience in Agile/SCRUM software development at scale
€¢ 5+ years experience with Java
€¢ 5+ years experience with AWS
€¢ Demonstrated ability to build and lead high-performing, thriving teams
€¢ BS Degree in Computer Science or Engineering, or equivalent experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

€¢ Experience in designing and building sophisticated fault-tolerant microservice systems
€¢ Enterprise security and privacy systems
€¢ Deep experience with AWS IAM and security design patterns

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.