POSTED Jul 23
Software Development Manager, Amazon Financials Foundation Services (AFFS)
at Amazon ⋅ US, WA, Seattle
The Amazon Financials Foundation Services (AFFS), a division within Amazon’s eCommerce Services Organization (eCS) is an innovator in business systems integration and defining the future of financial accounting at Amazon scale. Our systems are advancing one of the world's most scalable, reliable, and secure e-commerce ecosystem and responsible for processing hundreds of billions of dollars in transactions, in multiple currencies and countries. We are at the center of Amazon’s key initiatives and fueling the growth of Amazon’s businesses worldwide by constantly raising the bar on the speed at which business teams can integrate with our systems. We are working on leveraging AI/ML techniques (including unsupervised techniques and Large-Language-Models) to reduce the time Finance Operations teams and Accountants spend time on monthly financial data analysis process.
As a Manager here, you will manage a team of high performing engineers to build, scale, monitor, and optimize systems within AFFS. You will interface with several teams including Retail Systems, Marketplace Systems, Digital Systems, Web services, Financial systems and operations. Our mission is to provide a world-class customer experience using scalable and robust software, spanning both the business and technical realms.
A successful candidate will be a hands-on manager with an established background in developing high volume and highly available services, strong technical ability, great communication skills, and a motivation to achieve results in a dynamic, fast paced environment.
Key job responsibilities
- Build a best-in-class engineering team that delivers excellent results through rapid iterations
- Design and develop state-of-the-art approaches to solving complex and ambiguous problems
- Cultivate engineering and operational excellence through metrics and continuous learning
- Develop long term strategy for your programs and translate it into roadmap and action plan
- Report on status of development, quality, operations, and system performance to management
- Mentor and grow SDEs to take on increasingly higher responsibilities
About the team
Amazon Financials Foundation Services (AFFS), a division within Amazon’s eCommerce Services Organization (eCS) is leading innovation in business systems integration and defining the future of financial accounting at Amazon scale. Our systems are advancing one of the world's most scalable, reliable, and secure e-commerce ecosystem and responsible for processing hundreds of billions of dollars in transactions, in multiple currencies and countries. We are at the center of Amazon’s key initiatives and fueling the growth of Amazon’s businesses worldwide by constantly raising the bar on the speed at which business teams can integrate with our systems.
As a Manager here, you will manage a team of high performing engineers to build, scale, monitor, and optimize systems within AFFS. You will interface with several teams including Retail Systems, Marketplace Systems, Digital Systems, Web services, Financial systems and operations. Our mission is to provide a world-class customer experience using scalable and robust software, spanning both the business and technical realms.
A successful candidate will be a hands-on manager with an established background in developing high volume and highly available services, strong technical ability, great communication skills, and a motivation to achieve results in a dynamic, fast paced environment.
Key job responsibilities
- Build a best-in-class engineering team that delivers excellent results through rapid iterations
- Design and develop state-of-the-art approaches to solving complex and ambiguous problems
- Cultivate engineering and operational excellence through metrics and continuous learning
- Develop long term strategy for your programs and translate it into roadmap and action plan
- Report on status of development, quality, operations, and system performance to management
- Mentor and grow SDEs to take on increasingly higher responsibilities
About the team
Amazon Financials Foundation Services (AFFS), a division within Amazon’s eCommerce Services Organization (eCS) is leading innovation in business systems integration and defining the future of financial accounting at Amazon scale. Our systems are advancing one of the world's most scalable, reliable, and secure e-commerce ecosystem and responsible for processing hundreds of billions of dollars in transactions, in multiple currencies and countries. We are at the center of Amazon’s key initiatives and fueling the growth of Amazon’s businesses worldwide by constantly raising the bar on the speed at which business teams can integrate with our systems.