Job summary
Do you like Amazon Alexa and have a passion for cars? The Alexa Automotive team is seeking a Senior Manager, Software Development to help integrate Digital Cabin and related services into the car. Are you the kind of hands-on technical professional who can help our partners? In this role, you will wear many hats. You must possess a unique combination of technical skills and business acumen as well as a do-what-it-takes attitude to ensure our partners are able to take full advantage of in-vehicle infotainment mechanisms and are delivering a delightful end user experience.
Ideally, you're someone who embraces new technology launches, and want to help guide the broader automotive industry towards a technology you believe in. You love to share your passion with others and exhibit good judgment in selecting strategic opportunities to do so. You have a track record for building and managing software engineering teams and technical program managers. You don't just want to be part of an industry movement; you want to be out front leading it. If this sounds like you, we'd like to speak with you.
Key job responsibilities
As a leader and manager of the team, you will be working with business partners, software development engineers and testers UI/UX designers to design, implement, test, launch, document, and maintain complex software applications, tools, and systems. You will be responsible for developing career plans for software development engineers and technical program managers reporting to you. You will have significant influence on our overall strategy by helping define these product features, drive the system architecture, and spearhead the best practices that enable a quality product. You will learn a variety of cutting-edge technologies, development processes, and develop well-rounded skills such as leadership, and effective project management.
Experience in partnering with product and program management teams
5+ years of people management experience, managing engineers
10+ years of relevant engineering experience
3+ years of experience managing managers and working with engineers (mentoring, coaching, career planning and delivering)
8+ years of industry experience as a software development engineer using languages: C++, Java, or other object oriented languages
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
Software Development Managers who have any of the following qualifications are particularly valuable to our team:
8+ years of experience managing people
3+ years of experience developing distributed scalable Cloud services and applications
4+ years working with hardware and software platforms in any of the following OSes (Linux, QNX, or Android) on x86 or ARM based processors
Passionate about learning new technologies
Eager to learn and learn fast, enjoy a fast paced environment
Self-directed, demonstrate leadership potential and a team player
Driven to provide the best customer experience via technology
Proven ability to work effectively in a cross-functional team
Experience with Android and interfacing with embedded client applications
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Excellent problem solving skills
Ability to drive innovation
Keywords: Manager, SDM, Software Engineer, Software Development Engineer, Software Developer, SDE, Alexa, Automotive
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