Sr. Software Dev Manager, Translation Service - International Technology
Job summaryIf you're looking for a long-lever to move the world, this could be the role for you.
Your work will impact a billion people every year.
The mission of the Translation Services team in International Technology is to provide high quality, on-time translations to Amazon business teams, enabling them to expand globally at Amazon scale.
We delight our customers when we understand their translation needs and provide hands off the wheel translation services that enable them to consistently localize their content at the speed, quality, and cost required by their business.
Translation Services translated over 1.
1B words in > 50 languages across all Amazon Business units in 2020 using a combination of machine translation, internal linguists and external translation vendors.
As an experienced Sr.
Software Development Manager, you will lead multiple tech teams to deliver the global expansion of applications and services by building highly scalable distributed systems responsible for delivering translations with low latency and high quality.
Because you take pride in setting the standard for engineering excellence, you are a hands-on, pragmatic problem solver that easily balances trade-offs between competing interests.
You are able to work with stakeholders and have the right mechanisms to ensure that the work that your teams are delivering is done on time and at the right quality.
You thrive in a fast-moving team environment where you are able to juggle complex dependencies and requirements while producing optimal solutions.
Ambiguity and creativity are both expected and the norm.
As a tech leader, you will have the opportunity to create significant impact on our systems, our business and most importantly, our customers as we take on challenges that can reshape the e-commerce industry.
The Ideal Candidate:
o Must be technically credible to lead multiple teams of world-class software engineers and technical program managers.
Must be able to make the right design decisions related to product features and technology choices on behalf of our customers.
o You will have written code for and architected highly scalable systems.
o Deep understanding of overall systems development life cycle including various methodologies (agile, waterfall, iterative)o Experienced in developing the long-term strategy for the translation service layers and translate that into an achievable roadmapo Experienced in building and managing teams that design and deliver scalable and extensible distributed systems to address complex business challenges.
o Passionate about understanding and serving customers with what they need while balancing against competing and conflicting demands.
o Understands how to scope and justify resources and budget needs to senior leaders and finance partners.
o Consistent focus on operational excellence and security of systems.
o Track record of developing engineers through various career stages and building high-performance teams.
Key job responsibilitiesYou are a manager of managers and senior SDEs/ PEs and the executive tech leader.
You manage multiple teams of Software Development Engineers.
You hire the right mix of SDEs to accomplish team goals.
You assess SDE performance and have experience managing both high and low performers.
You take effective action addressing employee concerns.
You define the strategic vision for your teams, partnering effectively with customers and stakeholders.
You enable your teams to establish a roadmap and successfully deliver software that executes that vision.
You are able to independently make short-term vs.
long-term decisions.
You define clear goals and objectives.
You make crisp decisions about what projects move forward and in what priority order.
You delegate appropriately, assigning the right level of tasks based on the strength and development objectives of the individuals on your team.
You work successfully with customers, leaders, and other engineering teams.
You foster a constructive dialogue, harmonize discordant views, and lead the resolution of contentious issues (influence and build consensus).
You define metrics to measure team development progress, customer experience, and operational excellence.
About the teamOur team is represented by people from countries around the world from diverse backgrounds.
We're passionate about making Amazon's services accessible to people across the globe by bringing our products to them in their own languages.
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Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
Your work will impact a billion people every year.
The mission of the Translation Services team in International Technology is to provide high quality, on-time translations to Amazon business teams, enabling them to expand globally at Amazon scale.
We delight our customers when we understand their translation needs and provide hands off the wheel translation services that enable them to consistently localize their content at the speed, quality, and cost required by their business.
Translation Services translated over 1.
1B words in > 50 languages across all Amazon Business units in 2020 using a combination of machine translation, internal linguists and external translation vendors.
As an experienced Sr.
Software Development Manager, you will lead multiple tech teams to deliver the global expansion of applications and services by building highly scalable distributed systems responsible for delivering translations with low latency and high quality.
Because you take pride in setting the standard for engineering excellence, you are a hands-on, pragmatic problem solver that easily balances trade-offs between competing interests.
You are able to work with stakeholders and have the right mechanisms to ensure that the work that your teams are delivering is done on time and at the right quality.
You thrive in a fast-moving team environment where you are able to juggle complex dependencies and requirements while producing optimal solutions.
Ambiguity and creativity are both expected and the norm.
As a tech leader, you will have the opportunity to create significant impact on our systems, our business and most importantly, our customers as we take on challenges that can reshape the e-commerce industry.
The Ideal Candidate:
o Must be technically credible to lead multiple teams of world-class software engineers and technical program managers.
Must be able to make the right design decisions related to product features and technology choices on behalf of our customers.
o You will have written code for and architected highly scalable systems.
o Deep understanding of overall systems development life cycle including various methodologies (agile, waterfall, iterative)o Experienced in developing the long-term strategy for the translation service layers and translate that into an achievable roadmapo Experienced in building and managing teams that design and deliver scalable and extensible distributed systems to address complex business challenges.
o Passionate about understanding and serving customers with what they need while balancing against competing and conflicting demands.
o Understands how to scope and justify resources and budget needs to senior leaders and finance partners.
o Consistent focus on operational excellence and security of systems.
o Track record of developing engineers through various career stages and building high-performance teams.
Key job responsibilitiesYou are a manager of managers and senior SDEs/ PEs and the executive tech leader.
You manage multiple teams of Software Development Engineers.
You hire the right mix of SDEs to accomplish team goals.
You assess SDE performance and have experience managing both high and low performers.
You take effective action addressing employee concerns.
You define the strategic vision for your teams, partnering effectively with customers and stakeholders.
You enable your teams to establish a roadmap and successfully deliver software that executes that vision.
You are able to independently make short-term vs.
long-term decisions.
You define clear goals and objectives.
You make crisp decisions about what projects move forward and in what priority order.
You delegate appropriately, assigning the right level of tasks based on the strength and development objectives of the individuals on your team.
You work successfully with customers, leaders, and other engineering teams.
You foster a constructive dialogue, harmonize discordant views, and lead the resolution of contentious issues (influence and build consensus).
You define metrics to measure team development progress, customer experience, and operational excellence.
About the teamOur team is represented by people from countries around the world from diverse backgrounds.
We're passionate about making Amazon's services accessible to people across the globe by bringing our products to them in their own languages.
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Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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