Software Development Manager - Traffic Tech, Traffic & Marketing Tech

DESCRIPTION Job summaryAmazon's Traffic & Marketing Tech team manages one of the world's largest demand-side advertising programs, engaging with customers (and importantly, future customers) when they are not already shopping on Amazon. Whether that is by putting engaging lifestyle imagery in a user's Instagram feed, providing the right search result on Google, or popping a timely and relevant notification on their mobile phone, this organization owns the systems and vision to make that happen. On any given day our products are managing more than a billion live ads worldwide, supporting customers in more than 25 countries, and driving a significant share of traffic to Amazon's stores. We are currently building a team to own the sourcing and aggregation of signals from around the internet to better measure and predict the impact our marketing activities have and will have. The Traffic Forecasting and Analytics team is a greenfield opportunity to grow the systems and services that well not only tell us how the sources of traffic are changing over time and what that will mean for our business, but the services that will provide high-quality predictions to downstream systems that are responsible for optimizing our actions. Key job responsibilitiesAs the leader of the Traffic Forecasting & Analytics team you will manage a multidisciplinary team of software engineers, data engineers, scientist, and business analysists. Your team will work across the Traffic Marketing & Tech organization to identify the right signals to source from, develop the data pipelines that will pull from a variety of in-Amazon and external providers, transform the data into published business metrics, and through machine learning produce high-quality predictions of what is to come. This role will have VP-level exposure, with leaders from across Amazon seeking out the insights the team provides to make timely and impactful decisions. BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• 10+ years of software development experience
• 5+ years of software development management experience
• Experience with professional software engineering practices and best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field (or equivalent)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Master Degree or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent programs, projects and development teams in an Agile environment
• Experience building and operating software services and data pipelines
• Ability to analyze business requirements, write specifications, scope technical requirements, drive solution design across organizational boundaries, manage multiple software development efforts, establish rigorous testing standards and success metrics.
• Ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional, cross-organization teams to assemble project plans, secure commitments on deliverables, and lead the resolution of blocking issues.
• Demonstrated passion for understanding ambiguous, complex problems and driving high-quality, innovative, and robust solutions.