Software Development Manager, E-reader Products Team

Software Development Manager, E-reader Products Team

Have you ever wanted to be part of a team that builds a highly efficient operating system for e-readers? Amazon’s e-reader platform team owns the operating system stack (C/C++) and the low‑level components that make the device energy efficient with weeks of battery life. We recently launched Kindle Scribe, a larger form factor device that now unlocks reading as well as taking notes.

Amazon Kindle has a unique software stack that provides best‑in‑class performance targeted toward reading books. With weeks of battery life and smooth page‑turns, a customer can immerse themselves in reading their books.

Key Job Responsibilities

A Software Development Manager in this team will own a charter related to Kindle e‑reader and will be responsible for partnering with multiple development teams in maintaining and delivering features. The SDM will also strategize and track adding enablers to the Kindle stack that make it simple to add new applications on the device.

The job requires this SDM to have deep technical expertise, willingness to learn and be able to solve challenging and ambiguous problems across the Amazon Kindle operating system.

A Day in the Life

As a Software Development Manager, you will engage with an experienced cross‑disciplinary staff to conceive a secure, performant and developer‑friendly operating system for Amazon Kindle e‑readers. In this role, you will:

• Own a charter in e‑reader, create a structure for your team and create a long‑term roadmap.

• Work with key stakeholders in product management and executive teams to define strategy and requirements.

• Lead cross‑functional development on Kindle e-reader operating system from design through delivery; work with remote teams to deliver supporting software with launch timelines.

• Communicate regularly with senior management on status, risks and change control.

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 live‑site operations

• Experience partnering with product or program management teams

• Experience designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems

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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