How often have you had an opportunity to be a founding member of a team solving connectivity problems for both smart homes and enterprises at global scale through innovative technologies? Our Device Connectivity team, within Amazon’s Device organization Lab126, is looking for a self-motivated and talented Manager to join our fast paced, start-up environment to help invent the future connectivity solution for homes and enterprises.
Amazon Lab126 is an inventive research and development company that designs and engineers high-profile consumer electronics. Lab126 began in 2004 as a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc., originally creating the best-selling Kindle family of products. Since then, we have produced popular devices like Fire tablets, Fire TV, Amazon Echo and Amazon Echo Show. The Amazon Devices group delivers delightfully unique Amazon experiences, giving customers instant access to everything, digital or physical.

Key job responsibilities

We are looking for passionate and talented Software Development Manager for Connectivity team who has experience building innovative, mission critical software features for both consumer and enterprise customers. You will have an opportunity to shape and grow a new team. We operate in startup style within Amazon, providing great flexibility in product and technology direction. As a leader on the team, you will be expected to operate at all levels, brainstorming product ideas, growing the team and foster healthy team culture, and diving deep into technical details. You will be a key player in driving strategic planning, project execution, development of engineering talent, and the ongoing operation and improvement of our products.

Basic Qualifications

- 8+ years of engineering experience
- 3+ years of engineering team management 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 designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems
- Experience working with networking or communications devices in an embedded or cloud environment

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
- Experience with Linux kernel and understanding of Linux networking and common wireless protocols such as Wi-Fi

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