Job ID: 3203833 | Amazon Development Centre (India) Private Limited
Alexa is the pathbreaking intelligent agent that has changed customers' lives and made voice-driven experiences a reality today. If you are passionate about innovating in the space of generative AI and are a highly-motivated, talented software engineering manager who wants to set up a brand new team, then come join the Alexa Kids Experience team.
If you are holding out for an opportunity to:
* Build a brand new team ground up
* Build gen‐AI technology including building and integrating with large language models (LLMs)
* Create solutions at a massive scale used by millions of people
In 2026, we are building new products and features from ground up with generative AI and we are looking for strong, bias for action engineering leaders who are not afraid of taking bold bets and trying new things to improve customer experience for Alexa.
This role is exciting for leaders who love to apply startup mindset to their day-to-day, enjoy working cross-functionally to master both business and technology knowledge, and are passionate about building engineering best practices. If you are looking for opportunity to learn, grow and lead, this is the position for you.
Key job responsibilities
* Be responsible for the end to end ownership of a technology team, including setting the technical vision for developing our systems to serve Alexa's needs.
* Build and manage great software engineers that are responsible for developing and maintaining software.
* Be an advocate of engineering and operational excellence.
* Establish a consistent, project management framework and excellent development processes to deliver high quality software, in rapid iterations.
* Show strong business and technical judgment that will accelerate time to market of releases, while incrementally moving our services towards the long term vision.
* Be responsible for mentoring and developing engineers.
* Represent the technical organization and evangelize the work to senior leadership.
* Raise the bar on technical excellence, show thought leadership, and communicate well to different audiences.
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.
* 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.
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