Software Development Manager, Transparency

Amazon Transparency is tackling a $1.7 trillion global retail industry challenge: preventing supply chain defects including counterfeit products across all retail channels. Our vision is to establish the industry standard for global, retail-agnostic track and trace capabilities that scale beyond Amazon's ecosystem.

In this role, you will:

Define technical direction: Lead architectural decisions for complex, distributed systems that operate at Amazon scale, balancing innovation with operational excellence

Drive end-to-end ownership: Take full ownership of services from design through implementation, deployment, and ongoing operations

Solve ambiguous problems: Navigate complex technical and business challenges with limited guidance, breaking down large problems into executable solutions

Influence product strategy: Partner closely with product managers and senior engineers to shape customer experiences and business outcomes based on technical feasibility and system constraints

Mentor and elevate: Raise the technical bar for the team through code reviews, design discussions, and knowledge sharing

Balance speed and quality: Deliver rapidly while building robust, scalable solutions that minimize future re-engineering

Key job responsibilities

Design and implement complex, scalable software systems and robust APIs

Mentor engineers, conduct code reviews, and establish best practices

Make architectural trade-offs balancing business needs and technical constraints

Ensure system reliability, security, and scalability in production

Collaborate with cross-functional teams on requirements and roadmap execution

Troubleshoot performance issues and participate in on-call rotations

Anticipate bottlenecks and provide escalation management

Basic qualifications

- 3+ years of engineering team management experience

- 7+ years of working directly within engineering teams experience

- 3+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems 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

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

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, WA, Bellevue - 184,900.00 - 250,200.00 USD annually