Software Development Manager

Software Development Manager, Relay Fleet Tech (TTS)

If you are looking for an opportunity to solve deep technical problems and build innovative solutions in a fast paced environment working with smart, passionate software developers, this might be the role for you.


Within the Middle Mile Product and Technology organization, our Fleet Tech team is responsible for managing the fleet of every asset used in Amazon's Transportation network worldwide. That includes tractors, trailers, containers, and other specialized equipment, together these assets constitute one of the largest transportation and logistics operations in the world. Our products manage asset life cycle from them entering the Amazon's network till their divestment. We provide the source of truth on real-time states of the network, just-in-time event notification and workflow management for maintenance and repair services. We are responsible for the technological products which optimize asset availability, uptime, compliance, as well as providing critical decision making support for operational efficiency and safety in the network for our drivers, carriers, associates, and our vendor networks.

Our team is actively seeking motivated and multi-talented individuals who are passionate about (re)inventing and transforming the transportation and logistics operations. We are inventing the next-generation intelligent fleet and smart warehouse by leveraging advanced technologies in IoT (Internet-of-Things), predicative analytics, robotics, etc.


As the development manager, you will have technical ownership of platform components related to transportation financials. You'll lead a talented and nimble team of engineers. Responsibilities include direct management of engineers, process and quality of service improvements, strategic planning, project management for software within the team, and management of resources across teams. Successful candidates will be strong leaders who can prioritize well, communicate clearly, and have a consistent track record of delivery.


Professional traits that are not unique to this position, but necessary for Amazon leaders:
- Exhibits excellent judgment
- Hires and develops great people
- Has relentlessly high standards (is never satisfied with the status quo)
- Is able to dive deep and is never out of touch with the details of the business or the technology
- Expects and requires innovation of her/his team
- Has passion and convictions and the innate ability to inspire passion in others
- Strong results orientation
- Thinks big

Basic Requirement-
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related technical discipline
- 10+ years of relevant engineering experience
- 4+ years people management experience
- Experience with OOD and object oriented languages
Experience that will make you successful in this role
- Deep hands-on technical expertise
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong business and technical vision
- Ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
- A deep understanding of software development in a team, and a track record of shipping software on time
- Exceptional customer relationship skills including the ability to discover the true requirements underlying feature requests, recommend alternative technical and business approaches, and lead engineering efforts to meet timelines with optimal solutions.

Basic Qualifications

- 3+ years of engineering team management experience
- 7+ years of engineering 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 livesite 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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Experience Level

Senior Level