Software Development Manager, Financial Systems, Prime Video

Job title:

Software Development Manager, Financial Systems, Prime Video

Company

Amazon

Job description

DESCRIPTIONCome build the future of entertainment with us. Are you interested in shaping the future of movies and television? Do you want to define the next generation of how and what Amazon customers are watching?Prime Video is a premium streaming service that offers customers a vast collection of TV shows and movies – with the ease of finding what they love to watch in one place. We offer customers thousands of popular movies and TV shows, including Amazon Originals and exclusive licensed content to exciting live sports events. Our members subscribe to add-on channels and cancel them at any time. They rent or buy new release movies and TV box sets from the Prime Video Store. Prime Video is a fast-paced, growth business – available in over 200 countries and territories worldwide. The team works in a dynamic environment where innovating on behalf of our customers is at the heart of everything we do. If this sounds exciting to you, please read on.The Prime Video team delivers high-quality instant video to Amazon customers. We provide this video through subscriptions (Amazon Prime) as well as channels, purchases and rentals. Amazon believes in the Prime Video with its own studio, Amazon MGM, where it creates original and exclusive content. Every day we face this fast-paced market’s challenges and expanding technology set. As a Prime Video team member, you will be a technical leader and make the Prime Video product and its features best in class.Key job responsibilities
Prime Video’s Software Development Managers (SDMs) work with multiple worldwide teams and services, helping build software products and features from scratch. You coordinate, plan, track and communicate complex work streams, ensuring your teams have what they need to progress and deliver the right thing at the right time. Your responsibilities include every aspect of the team’s leadership from mentoring, promotion, performance evaluation to leading key programs. Programs which need you to manage requirements gathering, scoping, through implementation to launch. You will have the freedom and encouragement to explore your own ideas and improvements with the reward of seeing your contributions benefit millions of Amazon customers worldwide.About the team
You will be part of the Commerce Financial Systems (FinSys) organisation. Our leaders in this space help create global, automated, accounting services – think royalties and accounting for the Prime Video product line and Studios. We help our content partners and businesses grow to serve our customers worldwide. Our teams are visible and our services are fundamental to Prime Video operations.Commerce FinSys offers the opportunity to innovate with direct impact on Prime Video worldwide. You’ll help us deliver our next generation of services in a collaborative environment while building skills to develop your own career. A successful candidate will have a background in software development on scalable infrastructure and/or consumer-facing products, strong technical ability, solid communication skills, and a motivation to achieve results in a fast-paced environment. As an Amazon SDM, you will be front and center in the development, launching, and operating of key software built on AWS infrastructureBASIC QUALIFICATIONS– 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 in engineering
– Experience in leading the definition and development of multi tier web services
– Experience working directly within engineering teams
– Experience managing engineers
– Experience designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems
– Experience partnering with product or program management teamsPREFERRED 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 engineersAmazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice (https://www.amazon.jobs/en/privacy_page) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.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/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations.

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Location

London

Job date

Fri, 02 Aug 2024 03:26:40 GMT

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