Amazon Development Centre (London) Limited

eCommerce

SoftwareDevelopmentManager

£115–175k ~AI est. London, England, United Kingdom FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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optimal for Manager candidates.

The Brief

“Software Development Manager at Amazon Development Centre (London) Limited. Skills: AI, Machine Learning, Software development. Influence strategic direction. Provide technical leadership”

What You'll Achieve.

Deliver new software systems; Launch AI powered experiences; Expand Rufus availability

Industry & Context.

eCommerce
Problems you'll solve

Anticipate bottlenecks; Make trade-offs

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5+ years engineering team management, 8+ years engineering experience, 8+ years leading web services development, Experience managing SDE teams, Knowledge of engineering practices, Experience partnering with product management, Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent

Nice to Have

Experience communicating with users, Experience recruiting and hiring, Experience mentoring/coaching teams

What You'll Do.

Influence strategic direction

Provide technical leadership

Provide career guidance

Create engineering culture

Define engineering culture

Build high performance solutions

Work with technical teams

Work with design teams

Work with product management

Deliver technical designs

Deliver technical approaches

Anticipate bottlenecks

Provide escalation management

Anticipate trade-offs

Balance business needs

Balance technical constraints

Build execution plans

Define tactical actions

Lay out strategic vision

Improve team efficiency

Deliver better solutions

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Technical teams; Design teams; Product management; Program management; Broader Amazon teams

Communication Scope

Collect requirements; Describe features; Describe designs; Describe strategy

Process & Methodology

Agile environment, Agile

Full Job Description

We're on a mission to rewrite the rules of eCommerce by giving customers entirely new ways to engage with Amazon. With AI, we're unlocking the potential to turn information into useful knowledge, making it easier for customers to find exactly what they're looking for and get things done. We are working backwards from a vision of conversational, contextual, and interactive experience that helps customers find answers to product questions, perform product comparisons, receive product suggestions, and more -- in a store that sells everything. Introducing Rufus: Rufus is Amazon’s expert shopping assistant trained on Amazon’s product catalog and information from across the web to answer customer questions on shopping needs, products, and comparisons, make recommendations based on this context, and facilitate product discovery in the same Amazon shopping experience customers use regularly. Read more about Rufus on the About Amazon blog: https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/retail/amazon-rufus. We’re looking for the best and brightest across Amazon to help us realize and deliver this vision to our customers right away. More specifically, this role is in a team that is building new software systems and customer experiences, that will help greatly expand Rufus's availability to new cohorts of customers. This team is considered strategic and has visibility with leadership at the highest levels. The role offers a chance to build and launch AI powered customer experiences from the ground up, and work closely with an exceptional group of product, engineering, and science leaders. Key job responsibilities • Influence the strategic direction and vision of the organization through an understanding of the intersection of business/customer needs and how these intersect with technical capabilities and opportunities. • Provide technical leadership, vision and career guidance to team members. • Create a culture of pride in engineering and operational excellence and drive best practices with

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