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Senior Manager, Tech - Prime Gaming

Are you seeking a global technical leadership role? A chance to build product and systems that scale across tens of millions of customers on a global basis? Imagine the opportunity do so as part of an agile team that reaches a global gaming audience. Imagine working on cutting-edge consumer-facing products, where every single team member is a critical voice in the decision-making process. Imagine being able to leverage the resources of a Fortune-50 company within the atmosphere of a start-up. Welcome to Prime Gaming, where everyone on our team has an impact on delivering happiness to Prime members, game developers and game players around the world. Help us re-imagine what will deliver value and happiness to growing player communities.

We are looking for a Senior Software Development Manager who shares Prime Gaming’s passion for delivering phenomenal gaming experiences to our growing international base of players and game developer customers. You will be joining a fast growing, quickly evolving organization, where the ability to wear many hats and help out on many projects will be crucial.

In this role, you will invent and ship software that directly impacts both our end customer experience, as well as our game developer partners. You will develop your team of highly motivated and talented multi-functional builders (front and backend developers and quality assurance engineers) who can collaborate with product managers, technical specialists, and principals across the company. You should be comfortable with a degree of ambiguity that’s higher than most projects and relish the idea of solving problems that haven't even yet been discovered.

As a Senior Engineering Leader:

· You are passionate about innovating on behalf of customers, can demonstrate a high degree of ownership, and want to have fun while you make history and craft beautiful products.
· You possess deep technical skills, a history of growing your talent, and an ability go hands-on with technologies to identify the real problems you're solving.
· You will author narratives that will be consumed by Amazonians at all levels, including executive leadership; written and verbal communication in this role are critical
· You are an innovator and builder, constantly evaluating needs of our customers to identify new services required to support the needs of our very diverse fast-growing customer base.
· You are curious about how we support game developers and passionate about delivering a great customer experience for game players.
· You will collaborate with other internal and external teams, as well as establish relationships with technical peers in Amazon to influence their architecture and long term technical direction
· You are passionate about hiring talented, customer-obsessed leaders and engineers and growing the next generation of leaders

About Amazon Games
Amazon Games applies the principles of Amazonian culture to the world of game design. We have a diverse team of talented, creative people pairing their love of making games with the unique strengths that come with being part of Amazon. Across all of our teams and locations, we are united by a common purpose: to share great gaming experiences with customers around the world. We believe in a future where everyone is a gamer and everyone can create, compete, collaborate and connect through games, and we are looking for the right people to help us build that future. With the power of Twitch and AWS at your fingertips, you will have the chance to innovate in gameplay, creativity, marketing, and technology, while working alongside some of the smartest and most creative minds in the industry.

Inclusive Culture, Work/Life Balance, & Career Growth
We embrace our differences and are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We offer ten employee-led affinity groups with 190 global chapters, innovative benefits, and annual and ongoing learning experiences (including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences). Our team also puts a high value on work-life balance and offers flexible working hours. We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfillment. Additionally, our team is dedicated to supporting you with mentorship and pathways for ongoing development. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and are building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and promotes career choice.

Basic Qualifications

· 10+ years of engineering experience
· 5+ years of experience, managing engineers and managers
· Experience in partnering with product and program management teams
· Experience with managing and building multiple teams simultaneously - leading through leaders

Preferred Qualifications

· Masters/Ph.D in computer science or related fields.
· Understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and project planning/execution including estimating and scheduling.
· Excellent analytical and interpersonal skills, with ability to work successfully across all engineering disciplines.
· Maturity, discernment, and demonstrated ability to lead and influence others.
· Tenacious, inventive, and able to deliver results with minimal direction.
· Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with developers, business owners, and senior business leaders.
· High sense of ownership.
· Experience optimizing for short term execution while planning for long term technical capabilities. Ability and willingness to multi-task and learn new technologies quickly
· Well-developed analytical and quantitative skills; ability to use data and metrics to back up assumptions, make recommendations, and inform actions.
· Game Industry experience shipping complex software in large-scale distributed systems.
· Experience with designing and building large-scale systems in a multi-tiered, distributed environment (Service Oriented Architecture).

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/en/disability/us.