Director People Technology Amazon Seattle

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People Technology is looking for a driven, results-oriented software development manager to lead teams building the next generation of systems to manage employee data, time and attendance and payroll. Our ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment, relishes working with big data, enjoys the challenge of highly complex business contexts (that are typically being defined in real-time), and, above all else, is a passionate builder of talent and teams.
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In this role you will be responsible for leading teams of engineers to create world-class people systems that support Amazon's global footprint. You must be willing to insist on the highest standards for quality, maintainability, and performance. You will ensure that engineering best practices are followed and that software is designed to be highly available and durable. You will own the goals and roadmap of the HR Engineering team and will have a major stake in the strategic direction of your software. You will demonstrate strong leadership as you control your own destiny in Amazon's ownership oriented culture.

We interact upstream with all of Amazon’s businesses and many of our projects are cross-functional and part of a broader new organizational initiative or geographic expansion effort.

As a leader, you will drive architectural and design choices, invent new features, develop distributed services, and build a scalable, service-oriented platform for our people . We have a team culture that encourages innovation and we expect developers and management alike to take a high level of ownership for the product vision, technical architecture and project delivery. Successful candidates will be high-bandwidth leaders who can cut through the noise, simplify relentlessly, deliver results, and build great teams around themselves.
Basic Qualifications

5+ years of experience managing a team of at least 80 engineers
Track record of building and delivering mission critical, 24x7 production software systems
Deep understanding of engineering best practices
Deep understanding of agile project management methodologies
Experience writing production code
Working knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and object oriented design
Working knowledge of design patterns
Bachelors degree in Computer Science or equivalent
Preferred Qualifications

Experience managing other software development managers
Experience with global technology implementation efforts and rollouts
Experience with automating software quality assurance
Masters degree in Computer Science or equivalent

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