Software Development Manager, Ads Monetization, Prime Video

Description

Prime Video is transforming how customers discover and experience entertainment. We are a premium streaming service offering an endless selection of movies, TV shows, sports, and more - all tailored to each customer's unique interests. Our vast library includes thousands of popular movies and TV series, critically‑acclaimed Amazon Originals, exciting live sports, and exclusive content you won't find anywhere else. With Prime Video, customers can easily find their next favorite show, rent or buy new releases, or subscribe to premium add‑on channels - all within a seamless, personalized experience.

Prime Video is available globally in over 240 countries and territories, bringing the best of entertainment to customers worldwide. We are passionate storytellers committed to fostering connections between creators and audiences through unforgettable viewing experiences.

The Prime Video Advertising team is at the forefront of revolutionizing the streaming advertising landscape. Our mission is to deliver ad tech solutions that power Prime Video's rapidly growing advertising business. We focus on a wide range of critical areas including ad ingestion, ad delivery, client‑side ad experiences, machine-learning driven optimization, ad tracking, and audience measurement. We're responsible for advertising across video‑on‑demand (VOD), live streaming, and display ads on Prime Video, delivering value to both advertisers and viewers worldwide.

We're seeking an experienced Software Development Manager to lead our client engineering team delivering innovative advertising formats across living room, iOS, Android, and web platforms.

You’ll get to work on projects that are fast‑paced, challenging, and varied. You’ll also be able to experiment with new possibilities, take risks, and collaborate with remarkable people. We'll look for you to bring your diverse perspectives, ideas, and skill‑sets to make Prime Video even better for our customers. With global opportunities for talented technologists, you can decide where a career Prime Video Tech takes you!

• Manage and mentor a team of client engineers building state‑of‑the‑art advertising experiences
• Drive technical excellence and innovation in advertising technology across multiple device platforms
• Define your team's charter, tech vision while partnering effectively with cross‑functional teams to deliver seamless ad formats that enhance the Prime Video user experience
• Own delivery timelines, technical roadmaps, and team development
• Define metrics to measure team development progress, customer experience, and operational excellence.
• Balance advertiser needs with user experience quality, ensuring non‑intrusive, high‑performing ad solutions

• 3+ years of engineering team management experience
• 7+ years of working directly within engineering teams 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 live-site operations
• Experience in many disparate technologies, typically ranging from front‑end user interfaces through to back‑end systems and all points in between

• 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
• Experience building client experience using React, Rust, iOS and modern web technologies

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