Software Development Manager, JP Manga

Job description

Love Manga or Comics? Interested in creating a great customer experience for Amazon’s Manga business? The Japan Manga business focuses on creating a great customer experience for Manga fans to discover, acquire and read digital Manga. We are looking for a seasoned leader for a team of Software Development Engineers in our Seattle office to own Manga services and features on Amazon Japan website across all platforms (desktop, mobile browser, mobile shopping app). A successful candidate will have an established background in developing customer-facing experiences as well as backend services, a strong technical ability, excellent project management skills, great communication skills, managing and growing developers, and a motivation to achieve results in a fast paced environment. In this team you will have the opportunity to: - Solve challenging problems at significant scale - Be responsible for the overall systems development life cycle - Develop the long-term strategy for your programs and translate that into an achievable road map/action plan - Management and execution against project plans and delivery commitments - Manage the day-to-day activities of the engineering team within an Agile/Scrum environment - Work closely with engineers to architect and develop the best technical design and approach Key job responsibilities…