Software Development Manager, Forecasting Customer Experience

What products will Amazon customer want and how quickly will they want them Are we investing enough in our infrastructure or too much How do our customers react to changes in prices product selection or delivery times These are among the most important questions at Amazon today. The ASIN Forecasting team in the Supply Chain Optimization Technologies (SCOT) organization is dedicated to answering these questions using statistical methods. We develop advanced data pipelines build accurate predictive models and deploy automated software solutions to provide forecasting insights to business leaders at the most senior levels throughout the company. Were looking for a Software Development Manager to join our team.

Key job responsibilities
As a leader in the team you will be tasked with solving complex technology problems in a fast-paced agile environment constantly learning and adapting to rapidly evolving customer needs. You will grow a team of talented and experienced engineers to manage the ever growing infrastructure that powers our forecasting models and products.

In this role you will work closely with stakeholders software engineers and product teams to deliver high quality scalable products deployed around the world. You will collaborate with the product teams to deliver the best product with most efficient use of resources and technologies. You will work with all the stakeholders to assemble project teams assign responsibilities identify appropriate resources needed and develop schedules to ensure timely completion of projects by meeting project milestones. You will also assess risks anticipate bottlenecks provide escalation management make tradeoffs balance the business needs versus technical constraints and encourage risk taking behavior to maximize business benefit. Successful candidates will have a technical background be detail driven and have excellent problem solving abilities.

- 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

- 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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The base salary range for this position is listed below. As a total compensation company Amazons package may include other elements such as sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription basic life & AD&D insurance) Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP) paid time off and other resources to improve health and well-being. We thank all applicants for their interest however only those interviewed will be advised as to hiring status.

CAN ON Toronto - 171400.00 - 286200.00 CAD annually