DESCRIPTION

Amazon Games is seeking a Software Development Manager to lead our desktop client team. We are focusing on the best possible customer experience, including creating multi-platform capabilities, optimizing application performance, and integrating with Amazon's other gamer-focused offerings. Join us to help create next-generation game distribution technologies.

The role requires in-depth understanding of customer needs, product requirements, technical designs, and operations. A successful candidate will have a track record of delivery in terms of features, pace, and quality, and making the correct tradeoffs for varied stakeholders. This leader will partner with Product to build a strategy focused on growing scale and usage for existing customers, while at the same time creating new features to delight an ever-expanding set of new customers.

When you join Amazon Games, your creative partners will be some of the best from the games industry. They have built and published hundreds of the most successful video games in history. Your game studio partners are excited to build the next hit games, but they need your help.

We are an Amazon team that helps game developers reach more customers who will love their games. It’s always Day-1 at Amazon, but it’s particularly Day-1 in our games publishing business, and we’re excited to see what you can do.

Your responsibilities are:

Build relationships with internal and external game studio leaders.
Learn through those relationships what game developers need to grow their business, and write a clear vision to meet those needs.
Launching is your goal, so you will begin execution immediately.
Growing your product through every step, you'll continually deliver value for game developers.
Measure what is needed to make decisions, and how to increase game developer's success.
Communicate clearly with our partners, your peers, and our leadership team.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science (or equivalent) experience
5+ years of large-scale engineering experience in a leadership capacity
3+ years in a management capacity
2+ years of experience in games, publishing/distribution, or developer services

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Interest in working work in a diverse team
Game industry experience working on large-scale, commercial online game services
Excellent understanding of desktop client applications and creating multi-platform capabilities
Distinguished track record of delivering complex and innovative distributed systems
Great communication skills and ability to work effectively on shared projects with designers, testers, engineers, and executives

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.